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One killed, two injured in Amsterdam shooting

Published: 27 Jan 2018 - 09:14 am | Last Updated: 10 Nov 2021 - 07:50 am
Policemen stand guard at a closed off lane following a shooting at the Grote Wittenburgstraat in Amsterdam on January 26, 2018.  AFP / ANP / Evert Elzinga

Policemen stand guard at a closed off lane following a shooting at the Grote Wittenburgstraat in Amsterdam on January 26, 2018. AFP / ANP / Evert Elzinga

QNA

Amsterdam: One person has been killed and two others injured in a shooting in central Amsterdam, German press agency (DPA) reported police as saying.

The shooting took place on Grote Wittenburgerstraat in the city center, police said on Twitter, adding that those injured had been brought to the hospital and that in the investigations were ongoing.

There was no further information immediately available, however local newspaper De Telegraaf said police were treating the incident as a criminal matter. (QNA)