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Student gunman kills two in Rotterdam twin shootings, Dutch police say

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The attacker burst into a house and killed a woman, then shot dead a teacher at the university hospital, where he also started a fire.

Two people have been killed and a teenager is fighting for her life after a 32-year-old gunman opened fire at a house and a hospital in Rotterdam on Thursday.
Dutch police said they were still investigating the motive for the twin attacks by the man dressed in combat gear, who also set fire to the hospital.
The man first burst into a house in the Dutch port city and opened fire, killing a 39-year-old woman and seriously injuring her 14-year-old daughter, police chief Fred Westerbeke told reporters.
He then moved to a classroom at the Erasmus MC hospital, shooting dead a 46-year-old teacher before starting a fire in the facility, sparking panic.

Elite police stormed the hospital, as panicked doctors in white coats flooded out of the building pushing patients in wheelchairs and on stretchers.

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