2023-09-28 16:56:54
The 14-year-old girl who was seriously injured in the shooting on Heiman Dullaertplein in Rotterdam died in the evening, police said. His mother had already lost her life during the attack.
A 46-year-old teacher also died following being shot at Erasmus MC Hospital, close to the first location.
A first shooting occurred in a house in Rotterdam, a large port city in the west of the Netherlands. A
Another shooting then took place at Erasmus Medical Center, a nearby university hospital.
A 39-year-old woman was killed in her home and her 14-year-old daughter, seriously injured in the attack, died of her injuries.
injuries to the hospital, police said.
The suspect, a 32-year-old student, then started a fire in this house before going to the medical center
Erasmus. He then entered a classroom and shot a 46-year-old teacher, fatally hitting him. It also
lit a fire in the medical center, near which he was arrested.
His motives are unknown and he appears to have acted alone
“We were shocked by a horrific incident. Shots were fired in two locations. Several witnesses said
attended,” said the mayor of Rotterdam, Ahmed Aboutaleb. “Emotion is strong in the city. I send my condolences to
all victims.” Rotterdam’s chief public prosecutor, Hugo Hillenaar, said: “The suspect was known to the police. He was prosecuted and convicted in 2011 for animal abuse.
Videos posted on social media showed students being evacuated from the university hospital center by
police officers as heavily armed intervention teams arrived on site. Another video showed a man
handcuffed.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte expressed his “great dismay”. “My thoughts are with the victims of this attack, their loved ones and all those who were immensely afraid,” he wrote on X, the former Twitter. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima said their hearts go out to those suffering “intense grief”.
Rotterdam is often the scene of shootings generally attributed to score-settling between rival drug gangs. In 2019, three people were shot dead on a tram in Utrecht, sparking a massive manhunt. In 2011, the country was shocked when 24-year-old Tristan van der Lis killed six people and injured 10 others in a crowded shopping mall.
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