Authorities immediately raised the terror alert for the area to the maximum level, and the city’s mayor said a “terror motive” was the most likely theory. The Utrecht attack came three days after 50 people were killed when an immigrant-hating white nationalist opened fire at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand during Friday prayers. “We cannot exclude, even stronger, we assume a terror motive. “Our nation was hit by an attack in Utrecht,” Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said. The Netherlands’ anti-terror co-ordinator raised the threat alert to its highest level around Utrecht, a city of nearly 350,000 people.

Source: National Post March 18, 2019 10:52 UTC