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Police are hunting a gunman in combat clothing said to be at large in Rotterdam after two people were shot in the Dutch port city.
Reports suggest the two shooting incidents took place at two separate locations in the Netherlands' second biggest city, after the capital, Amsterdam. De Telegraaf reports that three people have been injured.
One incident happened at a house in the west of the city, while the other took place in a classroom of the Erasmus Medical Center, which is in the city centre.
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The man is said to have fled the scene in combat clothing with some outlets reporting that he escaped on a motorcycle.
According to police, he used a handgun for the attacks. They described him as being in his mid-20s, tall, with black hair, and wearing a backpack with headphones. Locals have been urged to call police as a matter of urgency if they see him.
Local media also reported that a fire broke out at another building, where several loud bangs were heard. The cause of the fire is currently unkown and it's unclear whether anyone was trapped inside.
Dutch security services and a large emergency response, including armed officers and an air ambulance, are at the site of the fire, which continues to spread, it has been reported.
De Stentor reported that students at Erasmus MC were seen rushing out of the campus with their hands up, without shoes, and many of them were crying. There are unconfirmed reports that one of the victims was a teacher, and that the perpetrator was her husband.
"We just had to run away from the arrest team to behind the school. Something is not right,” one student told the Dutch daily.
There is a similarly large police presence in relation to the shootings, with armed officers seen on the roof of the Erasmus Center – which is the home of Rotterdam's Erasmus Univeristy's faculty of medicine.
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