Rotterdam: A gunman opened fire in a classroom on, Thursday, at a university in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, killing several people, Reuters reported

Police arrested a 32-year-old suspect and said there had been multiple deaths.

Shots were fired in Rotterdam Medical Centre and a nearby home, police said, adding that fires had broken out at both locations, according to the report.

Videos posted online showed police instructing students to run outside as heavily armed arrest teams arrived at the scene.