Fourth victim of shooting in Dordrecht passes away

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THE HAGUE, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The fourth victim of the shooting on Monday at a house in Dordrecht, near Rotterdam, has died from her injuries, the Rotterdam police announced on Tuesday.

The fourth victim is a 27-year-old woman who was brought to hospital with severe injuries after the shooting. The other deaths are a 35-year-old man, possibly the killer, and two children of 8 and 12 years old.

The police have strong indications of a family drama, in which the man allegedly shot his children, wife, with whom he was going through a divorce, and afterwards himself in his own house. The man was a police officer of the Rotterdam police.

Emergency services arrived at the spot around 6:30 p.m. local time after being notified about an incident. Dordrecht Mayor Wouter Kolff visited the neighborhood on Monday evening and will hold talks with the police on Tuesday. Enditem

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