Police issued a picture of Turkish-born suspect Gokmen Tanis and warned the public not to approach him.
who killed three people in a tram in the city of Utrecht on Monday in what officials said was likely a terror attack.
Police issued a picture of Turkish-born suspect Gokmen Tanis and warned the public not to approach him, as armed counter-terrorism officers surrounded a nearby building. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said a terror attack"could not be excluded", vowing that the Netherlands would"never give way to intolerance".Security forces were on high alert at airports and mosques following the shooting, after which a body covered in a white sheet could be seen lying on the tram tracks.
"We are working on the principle that it was a terrorist attack," Utrecht Mayor Jan van Zanen said on Twitter.
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