Gunman Among 3 Injured In Shooting At Rotterdam Summer Carnival In Netherlands

A shooting incident in Netherlands' Rotterdam during a summer carnival has left three injured.

Shooting incident in Rotterdam leaves three injured.

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At least three people were injured in a shooting incident at a summer carnival on Saturday night in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, police said in a statement, as reported by Reuters. According to the statement, police fired several shots at a shooter. The victims as well as the gunman were taken to a hospital. Videos on social media show a large crowd running away from the area while police officials try to take the situation under their control.

As per the report, a shooting took place earlier in the day during the same event, police had said in a separate statement. 

According to Sky News, police said that a woman was also injured in a fall while walking away from the incident which took place near Coolsingel at around 8.45 pm on Saturday night.

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Earlier last week, hours before the 2023 Women's World Cup opening ceremony in New Zealand’s Auckland, at least two individuals were killed by an armed assailant in a rare shooting incident in the country, news agency AFP reported. The incident took place at a construction site situated in the city’s downtown area. Five others, including a responding police officer, were injured in the incident. The gunman was found dead after a police shootout.

The shooting appeared to be the actions of a single person, and police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the event. Following the horrific incident, Kiwi Prime Minister Chris Hipkins assured that the football competition would go on as scheduled.

"He (armed gunman) moved through the building site discharging the firearm as he went," described Hipkins during a press conference. "Upon reaching the upper levels of the building, the man contained himself in an elevator. Shots were fired, and he was located a short time later."

Minister Chris Hipkins also said, "There was no identified political or ideological motivation for the shooting and therefore no national security risk."

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