Letter points to ‘terror’ in Dutch tram attack

Dutch authorities says they are “seriously” investigating a terrorist motive for the Utrecht tram attack because of evidence including a letter found in the suspected gunman’s getaway car.

Police are questioning Turkish-born main suspect Gokmen Tanis, 37, and two other men over Monday’s rampage in which three people were killed and seven injured, three seriously.

A women lay flowers at the site of a shooting in a tram, at 24 October square in Utrecht, on March 19, 2019 (JOHN THYS / AFP)

“So far, a terrorist motive is seriously being taken into account. This is based on a letter found in the getaway car among other things and the nature of the facts,” police and prosecutors say in a joint statement.

— AFP

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