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DFW

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9. I just talked to my office in Utrecht. A LOT closer to home than I imagined.

Reply to Tom Rinaldo (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 18, 2019, 11:08 AM

Mar 2019

The tram where the shooting occurred is the same tram two children of the director of my office there (and a close friend) take to school every day. The shooting started about two hours after they had gotten off at their school. Everything is closed and blocked off, and he is on the way to pick them up from school, which is on lockdown. The tram is on the Utrecht-IJsselstein line, which I have taken, myself, on occasion. VERY close to home.

I have friends who work in the Dutch top anti-terror paramilitary unit, and I suppose that when they are released from duty (and authorized to speak to civilians from other countries--IF they ever are) that I will hear some other details that weren't on CNN.

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A shooting in the Dutch city of Utrecht left several people injured. [View all] steve2470 Mar 2019 OP

NEW: Dutch police have launched an investigation and are also considering "a possible terrorist.... steve2470 Mar 2019 #1

According to the latest news from CNN, at least 3 people were killed. Stuart G Mar 2019 #4

Oh, crap, did it HAVE to be Utrecht? DFW Mar 2019 #2

That's hitting pretty close to home for you Tom Rinaldo Mar 2019 #3

Utrecht is VERY close to home. For my 15 Dutch colleagues, it IS home DFW Mar 2019 #5

Do we know it was a right wing attack? cwydro Mar 2019 #10

We know it wasn't You may have gotten some signals crossed there DFW Mar 2019 #12

My bad. When you mentioned it was a heavily Muslim area, I assumed. cwydro Mar 2019 #14

My bad. When you mentioned it was a heavily Muslim area, I assumed. cwydro Mar 2019 #17

I hope you and your colleagues don't have any problems steve2470 Mar 2019 #18

I just talked to my office in Utrecht. A LOT closer to home than I imagined. DFW Mar 2019 #9

I love Utrecht. Went there when a teen. Used to take the tram to the Utrecht shopping center. chowder66 Mar 2019 #7

I was on my way to the train... a la izquierda Mar 2019 #21

So far 3 dead, 9 injured LilithLithium Mar 2019 #6

Reports are saying they are looking for a 37-year old Turkish man in connection with the shooting still_one Mar 2019 #8

Well, I guess we already know then which direction Faux News and the like will take this story. jcmaine72 Mar 2019 #11

Islamist terrorist attack Devil Child Mar 2019 #13

Well, that explains why there is nothing about it in gd. Tipperary Mar 2019 #15

Unfortunately, the Netherlands is an ideal place for something like this DFW Mar 2019 #16

Where did you get the information the guy is muslim and did this in the name of Islam? Sapient Donkey Mar 2019 #19

Update from DW nitpicker Mar 2019 #20

It appears that one of the men killed was the 49 year old father of my friend's son's classmate. DFW Mar 2019 #22