ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Tuesday that no Pakistani residing in Netherlands was hurt in yesterday’s shooting in the Dutch city of Utrecht.

“Our Ambassador has informed that all Pakistanis are safe, after yesterday’s terrorist attack in Netherlands,” tweeted Spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal.

Our Ambassador has informed that all Pakistanis are safe, after yesterday’s terrorist attack in Netherlands #pakistanagainstterrorism — Dr Mohammad Faisal (@DrMFaisal) March 19, 2019

A gunman killed three people on a tram in Utrecht in what authorities said may have been a terror attack, and a suspect has been seized after an hours-long manhunt which saw schools and businesses in lockdown, according to media reports.

Turkish-born Gökmen Tanis, 37, was allegedly targeting one of his own relatives in the shooting, which left five other people injured, and saw the terrorism threat level in Utrecht raised to the highest possible.

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The suspect – who ‘was known’ to authorities – was detained during a raid on the Oudernoord district of Utrecht, and the threat level in the province has been downgraded by one notch as a result of the arrest, Dutch police confirmed.

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