Double shooting in Rotterdam leaves one dead, one injured
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Add as a favourite source on Google Add DutchNews as a favourite source on GoogleOne man has died and another is seriously injured after a shooting in Rotterdam on Monday evening, police have said.
The shooting happened at around 8pm in the Ooosterflank area of the city. While investigations are ongoing, reports say that the victims were in a car, along with two others, when someone opened fire. The driver was killed.
Several ambulances and a trauma helicopter were sent to the scene. Police said they could not yet say what had happened.
The three surviving people in the car fled after the shooting and were arrested shortly after. They are being treated as suspects, including the seriously injured man, broadcaster NOS reported. They are a 60-year-old Rotterdam resident and two men (35 and 54) of no fixed address.
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