Shooting in the Netherlands: a person fired on a tram and there is one dead and several wounded

THE HAGUE.- A person started a
shot today against a streetcar in the city of Utrecht, residential area of ​​downtown

The Netherlands,

and left at least one dead and several
hurt, according to early versions of the event.

Helicopters went into the firing zone, authorities said, asking people not to go to the scene to allow rescue teams to do their work.

"There was a shooting on Oktoberplein Square in Utrecht, the incident occurred at 10:45 am Several people were injured," police said in a message posted on his Twitter account. Then he confirmed that there was a deadly victim.

"The surrounding areas have been cordoned off and we are investigating the problem," added the Dutch force, whose spokesman confirmed the newspaper
Algemeen Dagblad that the author of the attack has escaped from the scene.

Due to the incident, an operation was deployed with agents of the anti-terrorist unit to try to arrest the person responsible for the shooting, which resulted in the suspension of the tram service in this section . Several ambulances were moved on site and the medical service sent three helicopters to evacuate the most seriously wounded to hospitals.

It has not yet been confirmed whether it is a terrorist attack or not. The incident occurred a few days after the mbadacre of two mosques in New Zealand, when a 28-year-old extremist opened fire with an arsenal of weapons and killed 50 people .

AP, DPA and Reuters agencies