Custody for suspect in Utrecht shooting extended by 3 months

Custody for suspect in Utrecht shooting extended by 3 months

Gokmen Tanis is accused of carrying out the shooting aboard a tram out of terrorist intent.

People attend a silent march in Utrecht in honour of the people wounded or killed in an attack on a tram in Utrecht, the Netherlands on March 22, 2019. (Reuters pic) 
AMSTERDAM:
A Dutch judge on Thursday extended for three months the detention of the suspect in a shooting that killed four people in the city of Utrecht last month.

Turkish-born Gokmen Tanis, 37, is accused of carrying out the shooting aboard a tram out of terrorist intent. Authorities are also investigating whether he had other personal motives.

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