Unanswered questions on the day after Utrecht’s killings

As night fell on Utrecht there was still no confirmation of the motive for the killing of three people on a tram in the Dutch city on Monday.

With the earlier lockdown and advice to stay inside lifted, people were calm as they went about their business just a short walk from where the slayings happened.

But the only clue of what had happened when we arrived at Utrecht central station was the presence of black-clad armed police, decked out in full tactical gear and with sub-machine guns at the ready. They were clearly there for reassurance, rather than on high alert: four were tucking into a well-earned dinner at the station’s Burger King.

Police elsewhere in the city had already arrested Gokmen Tanis, a 37-year-old Turkish national suspected of carrying out the killings. He had been taken into custody after a city-wide manhunt and early reports that there might be multiple shooters on the loose.

Via The Independent