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21. I was on my way to the train...
Tue Mar 19, 2019, 02:49 PM
Mar 2019

To head to the university to work for the day. But I heard the news first, so I stayed behind.
Crazy.

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
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