Rotterdam shootings lead to multiple deaths

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A number of people were killed in the Dutch city of Rotterdam on Thursday afternoon after a man went on a shooting spree, local police said.

A 32-year-old man was arrested following the shootings which began in a house and continued in a classroom in a medical facility nearby.

Police did not specify exactly how many people had been killed.

They said fires had broken out at both locations but there were no indications of a second shooter.

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