Several people hurt in Dutch tram shooting incident in Utrecht

Utrecht: Several people have been injured in shooting in Dutch city of Utrecht, reported Reuters.

“Shooting incident… Several injured people reported. Assistance started,” the Utrecht police Twitter account said. “It is a shooting incident in a tram. Several trauma helicopters have been deployed to provide help.”

The Utrecht police said a square at a tram station outside the city centre had been cordoned off as emergency services were at the scene.

The shooting took place at about 10:45 local time (09:45 GMT). Three helicopters have been despatched.

“Several shots were fired in a tram and several people were injured. Helicopters are at the scene and no arrests have been made,” police spokesman Joost Lanshage was quoted as saying by Reuters.

Local media showed photographs of masked, armed police and emergency vehicles surrounding a tram that had stopped near a road bridge.