Two people were killed by a lone gunman who opened fire and started fires in a hospital and an apartment in the Dutch city of Rotterdam on Thursday, September 28, the city's police chief said.
The shooter, a 32-year-old student from Rotterdam, wore a bulletproof vest as he shot and killed a 39-year-old woman and seriously injured her 14-year-old daughter, Police Chief Fred Westerbeke said. The shooter then went to the nearby Erasmus Medical Center, where he shot and killed a 46-year-old man, a teacher at the academic hospital.
The suspect’s identity was not released. No motive was announced.
Police said they had arrested a 32-year-old man under the hospital’s helipad and that the Rotterdam resident was a suspect in both shootings. They said they did not believe any other shooters were involved.
The Erasmus Medical Center urged Rotterdam residents not to go to the hospital.
There have been scores of small explosions at homes and businesses across Rotterdam this year, blamed on rival drug gangs.