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Speaking of mass shootings. Some jerky from Turkey is on the lose after murdering DUTCH tram riders in the Netherlands. Terrorist?

Dutch security forces are hunting for a 37-year-old Turkish man suspected of having shot several people on a tram in the city of Utrecht on Monday, in what authorities said appeared to be a terrorist attack.

The Mayor of Utrecht, Jan van Zanen, has since claimed that three people have been killed with nine more injured.

 

Authorities raised the terrorism threat to its highest level in Utrecht province, schools were told to shut their doors and paramilitary police increased security at airports and other vital infrastructure, and also at mosques.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte convened crisis talks, saying he was deeply concerned about the incident, which came three days after a lone gunman killed 50 people in mass shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand.

“The police asks you to watch out for 37-year-old Gokmen Tanis (born in Turkey) in connection with this morning’s incident,” Dutch police said in a statement.

They issued an image of the man and warned the public not to approach him. They gave no further details.

 

Posted - March 18, 2019

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  • Yep. One week it's white supremacists, the next week it's Muslims, either way someone is out killing a bunch of people.
      March 18, 2019 11:02 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    There are a lot of peaceful non-militant nations and The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden etc are among those who do not threaten other countries and stand on their own.

    So, what a perfect target for terrorists to force these peaceful countries to arm and militarize themselves and build walls to make them exactly like the rest of the world.  
      March 18, 2019 11:20 AM MDT
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  • 52903

      (lose loose)
      March 18, 2019 10:07 PM MDT
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  • 16197
    Proof positive that physical barriers or lack of them makes no difference to terrorists. New Zealand is a pair of islands. Holland shares open borders with Belgium and France. Attacks in both places.

    This one in the Netherlands does not seem to be terrorism related. At least one of the vics has some connection with the gunman, family issues may be at the heart of it. He also didn't seem to care who else got in the way. Collateral damage.
      March 19, 2019 12:13 AM MDT
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