Utrecht: Dutch police were hunting down a suspect after a shooting on Monday on a tram in the central city of Utrecht that left a dead body on the ground and multiple people injured, according to police.
Authorities immediately raised the terror alert for the area to the maximum level and said they are considering the possibility of a "terrorist motive" in the attack.
Dutch military police went on extra alert at airports and at key buildings in the country as the Utrecht manhunt took place.
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Police, including heavily armed officers, flooded the area after the shooting Monday morning on a tram at a busy traffic intersection in a residential neighbourhood.
They later erected a white tent over an area where a body appeared to be lying next to the tram.
Utrecht police said trauma helicopters were sent to the scene and appealed to the public to stay away.
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A police spokesman said no one had been detained yet in the shooting, and one possible explanation is that the person fled by car.
He did not rule out the possibility that more than one shooter was involved in the attack.
The Netherlands' anti-terror coordinator raised the threat alert to its highest level around Utrecht.
