Police stated there had been a number of deaths. (Representational)

Rotterdam:

Twin shootings in Rotterdam on Thursday have resulted in an unknown variety of fatalities, police stated.

A gunman wearing fight gear opened fireplace in a flat within the Dutch metropolis then burst into a close-by medical centre. Fires broke out in each locations however had been later extinguished.

“The two shooting incidents in Rotterdam have resulted in fatalities. We will first inform family and relatives and will explain more later,” the town police stated in an announcement on X, previously Twitter.

Elite police items had burst into the hospital within the Dutch metropolis looking for the suspect, who was armed with a handgun, authorities stated.

The suspect is 32 and the motive for the assault is unknown, native information company ANP stated, citing police. He is suspected of finishing up each shootings and there may be not a second shooter, police stated.

Pictures from the scene confirmed individuals streaming out of the hospital, together with medics and sufferers, as police in physique armour moved in. Police helicopters buzzed overhead.

Medics in white coats wheeled sufferers out on stretchers and wheelchairs

Police had earlier stated the suspect was carrying “combat-style” garments, was tall, with black hair and carrying a backpack.

“First there was a shooting on the fourth floor. Four or five shots were fired. Then a Molotov cocktail was thrown into the education centre,” stated a medical pupil cited by RTL Nieuws, who didn’t give his title.

“There was a lot of panic and screaming… I didn’t hear any shots, just the panic and that’s what I started to act on,” public broadcaster NOS cited one other eyewitness as saying.

Rotterdam is usually the scene of shootings, often attributed to attain settling by rival drug gangs.

Authorities had been anticipated to carry a information convention shortly to present extra particulars.

In 2019, three individuals had been shot lifeless on a tram in Utrecht, sparking an enormous manhunt.

And in 2011, the nation was left shocked when 24-year Tristan van der Vlis killed six individuals and wounded 10 others in a rampage at a packed shopping center.

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