Dutch police said the 32-year-old university student killed a teacher, a local woman, and her daughter after opening fire in a classroom at a Rotterdam university hospital campus and a nearby house.

A gunman, who killed at least three people on Thursday in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, shooting a local woman and her daughter in their home before storming into a classroom of Rotterdam’s university hospital campus and opening fire on a male teacher, has been arrested, police said.

Police said the male attacker, a 32-year-old university student dressed in combat gear, fatally shot a 39-year-old woman living in his neighbourhood and seriously injured her 14-year-old daughter. The girl died later in hospital.

After setting the woman’s house ablaze, the shooter went to the city’s Erasmus Medical Centre university hospital, where he entered a classroom and shot dead a 43-year-old lecturer. He also set the hospital on fire.

“The two shooting incidents in Rotterdam have resulted in fatalities. We will first inform family and relatives and will explain more later,” the city police said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter.

Footage emerged showing the gunman, a student at Erasmus University – which is affiliated with the hospital – being taken from the hospital building in handcuffs. The motive for the attack was unknown.

Before his arrest, the police said the tall dark-haired suspect, who has been named Fouad L., may have been on a motorcycle and was carrying a backpack, headphones, and a handgun.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte wrote in a post on social media: “My thoughts go out to the victims of the violence, their loved ones and to all the people who have been in great fear.”

“We have been shocked by a horrible incident. Shots were fired in two different places in the city. Many people witnessed it,” Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb said. “Emotions in the city are very high. My condolences go out to the victims.”

At a news briefing after Thursday’s shooting, Rotterdam police officers said the suspect was known to them. He was convicted of animal cruelty two years ago.

Police said there were no indications of a second shooter.

Rotterdam is often the scene of shootings, usually attributed to score settling by rival drug gangs.

In 2019, three people were shot dead on a tram in Utrecht, sparking a huge manhunt.

The Netherlands was also left shocked in 2011 when 24-year-old Tristan van der Vlis killed six people and wounded 10 others in a rampage at a packed shopping mall.