Driver shot dead in Rotterdam-Oost, three arrested
A man died and a second man was seriously injured when shots were fired on the Evenaar in Rotterdam-Oost on Monday evening. Police have arrested the car's three other occupants as suspects.
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The driver of a car was killed and another man seriously injured in a shooting in a residential area of Rotterdam-Oost on Monday evening, police said in a statement on X. The car's three other occupants, the injured man among them, have been arrested as suspects. The shots were fired on the Evenaar, in the Oosterflank district, just after 20:00.
Emergency services responded in force. Several ambulances went to the scene, and a trauma helicopter was called out. The mobile medical team (MMT), a specialist team that treats seriously injured people on the spot, was also there. The seriously injured man was rushed to hospital. Footage shows several ambulances in the residential neighbourhood.
Photographers reported that a car had been shot at. Pictures show several of its windows shattered.
Police cordoned off a wide area around the Evenaar and are investigating at the scene.
Source: Politie
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