The main suspect in a deadly shooting in a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht has confessed to the attack and said he acted alone, prosecutors announced. The main suspect in a deadly shooting in a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht has confessed to the attack and said he acted alone, prosecutors announced. The shooting is being investigated as a possible extremist attack, but prosecutors would not say if the suspect, Gokmen Tanis, has said anything about his motive. “The 37-year-old suspect this morning confessed the criminal acts he is charged with” at a hearing before an investigating judge, the public prosecutor’s office said in a statement. A 40-year-old man who was detained a day after the shooting because Tanis was arrested at his home has been released without charge after no evidence was found that he helped in the shooting, prosecutors said.

Source: Irish Independent March 22, 2019 14:47 UTC