[DW] The suspect has confessed to opening fire and killing four people on a tram in the Dutch city. Prosecutors have revealed the contents of a letter written by the suspect in which he admits to "doing this for my religion."Dutch prosecutors on Monday said they are investigating a "terrorist motive" in a deadly tram shooting in Utrecht.
| They would have known on the first day, if they read Rantburg... |
| ...that’d be known wolf Gokmen Tanis, 37, who was only out of jail for two weeks when he suddenly decided it would be a good idea to run amok with a *gasp* gun... |
Gokmen is suspected of boarding a tram and opening fire on passengers in March, killing four people and wounding two others. He was arrested shortly after the shooting.
Prosecutors said they discovered a handwritten letter in an alleged getaway vehicle near the scene of the crime.
"I'm doing this for my religion, you kill Moslems and you want to take our religion away from us, but you won't succeed. God is great," the Dutch-language letter said.
Dutch prosecutors said that while the main suspect was a "difficult person" given his criminal past, they had yet to uncover clues to indicate he had previously considered a "terrible deed such as the one he is now suspected of."
Gokmen is due back in court later this month in a separate case stemming from rape charges. The Utrecht shooting trial is scheduled to start next year.