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Manhunt after three dead in Dutch tram 'terror attack'

Armed police and emergency services swarmed the scene after the shooting in the city of Utrecht

Dutch police launched a huge manhunt for a gunman who killed three people and wounded nine others on Monday in a suspected terror attack inside a tram in the city of Utrecht.

Police issued a picture of Turkish-born suspect Gokmen Tanis, 37 and warned the public not to approach him, as armed counter-terrorism officers surrounded a nearby building.

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