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Netherlands: Three killed in targeted shooting rampage in Rotterdam

The student was a self-professed alcoholic who had disturbing Nazi and far-right content on his phone, according to a series of disturbing social media posts

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Netherlands` special intervention police officers gather at the Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC) in Rotterdam on September 28, 2023, which was cordoned off after two reported shooting incidents. AFP

Netherlands` special intervention police officers gather at the Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC) in Rotterdam on September 28, 2023, which was cordoned off after two reported shooting incidents. AFP

Police in the Netherlands said three people, including a 14-year-old girl, were killed by a student who opened fire at a hospital and a flat in Rotterdam.

A 32-year-old man was arrested on Thursday after the shootings, which began in a flat and continued in a classroom of the nearby Erasmus medical centre, The Guardian reported. The lone gunman also started fires at both locations, police said.

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