Tram bloodbath gunman arrested after manhunt
CCTV image of Tanis THE chief suspect in a tram shooting in Holland which killed three people was arrested yesterday afternoon.
A huge manhunt was launched when a gunman went on the run after opening fire on a tram in the city of Utrecht which was put in lockdown.
Turkish-born Gokmen Tanis, 37, had been named as the main suspect with police issuing a CCTV picture of him warning people not to approach him.
Five other people were injured in the attack onboard a tram at the 24 Oktoberplein junction at 10.45am.
One witness described how a male
City went into lockdown passenger “got up and started shooting with a big gun”.
The woman, who asked not to be named, said: “He seemed to be aiming at people sitting on the benches everyone ducked away. The conductor did not open the doors immediately.
“Two boys next to me kicked in a window, so I fled outside.”
Another witness, identified only as Niels, said: “I had the impression he was firing at one person in particular, because I saw a women crawl out.
“Other people tried to help her, and when they did that, he went round behind her and began firing at them.”
Prime Minister Mark Rutte said: “If it had terror motives, that is being investigated. But it was very serious.” THE forgiving husband of a woman gunned down in the Christchurch mosque attacks said he wants to give her killer a hug.
Wheelchair user Farid Ahmed, 59, said he has no hatred for Brenton Tarrant despite losing his wife Husna Ahmed in the slaughter.
White supremacist Tarrant shot 50 people dead and injured another 50 in two terror attacks during Friday prayers at the New Zealand city’s Al Noor and Linwood Masjid mosques.
Husna had already led dozens of women and children to safety when she went back into the Al Noor to help her husband and was shot from behind. But Farid said: “I love that person because he is a human, a brother of mine.
“I do not support what he did. He got it wrong. “But I have forgiven him and I am sure if my wife was alive she would have done the same thing. I hold no grudge.
“I wish I could give him a hug, I wish I could meet his mother and give her a hug and say, ‘You are my auntie’. I wish if he had a sister I could hug her and say, ‘You are no different than my sisters’.
“Some people might call me crazy but I speak from my heart.
“Every human has two sides – evil and humanitarian; bring out your humanitarian. Instead of SADNESS A child sits among flowers and candles left in tribute to victims after vigil in Christchurch