Two die in Rotterdam shooting

A 32-year-old man has been arrested in the Dutch city of Rotterdam following two deadly shooting incidents on Thursday, Rotterdam police said.

Two people were killed, and another is seriously injured, local police have confirmed.

The suspect, was arrested “under the helipad” of Erasmus University’s Medical Center, authorities said. He was armed with a handgun when he was detained. Police say he was a student at the Erasmus University, with which the medical centre is affiliated.

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Earlier in the day, police said they received several reports of two shooting incidents in the area of the Erasmus University Medical Center at around 2:25pm, adding that the incidents took place in a house and in a classroom.

The university hospital warned people “not to come” to the medical centre due to “various incidents,” in a post on X (Twitter).

Per earlier X posts by police, the suspect was wearing “combat-style” clothes, was tall, with black hair and carrying a backpack. His motive is not yet known.

“His possible role and involvement in the shooting incidents are being investigated,” per the posts, which added that police were “not assuming a second shooter” was involved.

The Erasmus medical center is one of Europe’s leading university hospitals.