Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said a terror attack "could not be excluded", vowing that the Netherlands would "never give way to intolerance". SEE ALSO :Kemunto: Case of broken and estranged family with few links of kinship"We are working on the principle that it was a terrorist attack," Utrecht Mayor Jan van Zanen said on Twitter. SEE ALSO :The unseen war - Part 2The terror alert level in Utrecht was raised to maximum level five, he added. SEE ALSO :Owners to pick cars from scene of terror attack in Nairobi"An act of terror is an attack on our civilisation, on our tolerant and open society. In September, Dutch investigators said they had arrested seven people and foiled a "major attack" on civilians at a major event in the Netherlands.

Source: Standard Digital March 18, 2019 15:00 UTC