Several wounded in shooting in Dutch city of Utrecht

Several people were injured in a shooting in the Dutch city of Utrecht, police have said.

It is not yet known what exactly occurred at the site in the central city of the Netherlands on Monday.

A witness told local broadcaster RTV Utrecht that the shooting took place inside a tram at the 24 Oktoberplein in the city’s west.

Another witness told public broadcaster NOS he saw an injured woman running from the tram. She appeared to have been shot in the chest and had blood on her hands and clothes.

“I brought her into my car and helped her. When the police arrived, she was unconscious,” NOS cited the witness as saying.

Police said the suspect got away and that a manhunt was launched.

Emergency services, including police and medical helicopters, were at the scene of the shooting.

The area around the shooting site has been cordoned off.

Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg, head of the Dutch National Coordinator of Counterterrorism and Security (NCTv), said his agency was following developments closely.

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