Gokmen Tanis (pictured) is suspected of shooting three people dead on a tram in Utrecht on Monday
The suspected gunman in the deadly Utrecht tram shooting has confessed and said that he acted alone, Dutch prosecutors have announced.
Gokmen Tanis, 37, faces murder and terrorism charges after apparently opening fire on Monday in a shooting which killed three people.
The public prosecutor's office in the central city said Tanis also faces charges of attempted murder or manslaughter and making threats with a terrorist intent.
Prosecutors said that investigations so far into Monday's shooting indicate that the shooter acted alone.
But investigations continue into whether the suspect's actions 'flowed from personal problems combined with a radicalised ideology', the statement added.
Tanis, 37, is to appear before an investigating judge on Friday. Such hearings are held behind closed doors.
It comes after police revealed they were investigating a terrorist motive for the tram attack, as they arrested a new suspect over the deadly shooting.
Authorities said they had found a suspicious letter in a getaway car used by Turkish-born main suspect Tanis, which made them 'seriously' consider terrorism might have been involved in Monday's rampage.
Armed counter-terrorism officers meanwhile arrested one new suspect, aged 40, in Utrecht who was 'suspected of being involved in the shooting incident', prosecutors said, adding that his 'role was being further investigated.'
Emergency: Dutch special police forces inspect the tram in Utrecht after a gunman opened fire in the public transport carriage and killed three people
Two other men who were arrested Monday in connection with the shooting had been released, prosecutors added.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte earlier in the day laid flowers for the victims at the scene of the attack and said he was 'still filled with horror' by the bloodshed.
'So far, a terrorist motive is seriously being taken into account. This is based on a letter found in the getaway car among other things and the nature of the facts,' Dutch police and prosecutors said in a joint statement yesterday.
Apparently ruling out reports that the shooting was due to a family dispute, the statement added: 'Our investigation has established no link between the main suspect and the victims.'
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