Three people have died after the shooting on a tram in the Netherlands, it has been confirmed.
Mayor Van Zanen said the death toll has increased after the gunman’s rush-hour attack. He also said nine others are hurt.
Officers, including an anti-terror unit, have been deployed to the scene following the incident on a tram at 24 October Square in the city of Utrecht.
Images from the scene show a tram stopped in the middle of a junction surrounded by emergency service vehicles.
Police Utrecht confirmed there are “multiple injuries” and said a manhunt is underway as at least one gunman is on the run.
The head of the Dutch Counter-Terrorism Agency said there was shooting at “several” locations in Utrecht, which is 25 miles south of Amsterdam.
Dutch police said the shooter “may have had a terrorist motive” and that there may have been more than one perpatrator.
Primary schools in Utrecht have been put on lockdown and all mosques have been evacuated. Everyone in the city has been told to stay inside.
An eyewitness called Jimmy de Koster told RTV he saw saw four men shoot a woman who dropped to the ground as she screamed: “I didn’t do anything”.
He said: “I came from work when it happened. I was standing at the traffic lights in the square and see a woman, I think she is between 20 and 35.
“At that moment I heard pang pang pang three times, four men walked very fast towards her and they tried to drag her away and then I heard pang pang pang and those guys let go of that woman again.”
He said the men then fled the scene in different directions.
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