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The Mayor of Utrecht confirmed the death toll had risen to three after police named Tanis as a suspect.

Shootings in multiple locations have been reported in the city in the Netherlands, but the main incident centres on a tram.

Witnesses reported there being a “confrontation” in the carriage before the shooting started.

Police are reported to have laid siege to a building where the gunman may be lying low.

TV camera images show squads of Dutch police gathered outside a property in Utrecht.

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All mosques and schools in Utrecht have reportedly been evacuated – and security has been increasing around train stations.

Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte said he is holding crisis talks following the suspected terror atttack.

Political campaigning for the upcoming elections in Holland have also been suspended.

The incident comes just days after a far-right white supremacist terrorist killed 50 at two mosques in New Zealand.

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"Several shots were fired in a tram and several people were injured,” said police spokesman Joost Lanshage.

“Helicopters are at the scene and no arrests have been made.”

Residents are being urged to stay inside amid the ongoing incident in Utrecht.

Terrorist warning levels have also been increasing across the north of the Netherlands.

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Local broadcaster RTV Utrecht quoted an eyewitness as saying he had seen a woman lying on the ground amid some kind of confrontation.

Several men ran away from the scene, the witness said.

Jimmy de Koster told RTV he saw a woman lying on the ground who shouted: "I have done nothing".

“I came from my job when it happened," he said. "I was standing at the traffic lights on 24 Oktoberplein and I saw a woman lying down, I think she is between 20 and 35 years old.

"At that time I heard pang pang pang three times. Four men walked very fast towards her and they tried to drag her away and then I heard pang pang pang again and those guys let go of that woman again. Very chaos there. "

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One woman was seen being "hit in the chest by one of more bullets", while three others were said to have been resuscitated on the tram and in the street.

"A man started shooting wildly," one eyewitness told Dutch news site NU.nl.

Another witness told Dutch public broadcaster NOS that he saw an injured woman with blood on her hands and clothes.

"I brought her into my car and helped her," he said. "When the police arrived, she was unconscious."

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Police said The October 21st square, a tram station stop outside the city centre.

Cops have asked people to keep roads clear for emergency workers to get through.

The shooting took place at about 10.45am local time, 09.45 GMT.

Utrecht is located about 25 miles south of Amsterdam in central Holland.