Prosecutors had written to hospital this year about medical student’s actions and images found on phone

Dutch authorities had rung alarm bells about the “psychotic behaviour” of a medical student suspected of a shooting and arson rampage through Rotterdam in which three people were killed, his hospital boss said on Friday.

The Public Prosecution Service had written earlier in the year to the Erasmus university hospital about the student suspected of shooting dead his neighbour, her 14-year-old daughter, and a teacher at the hospital.

The Fremantle Highway caught fire last week, raising concerns of an environmental disaster

A burnt-out transport ship carrying thousands of cars has been towed to a northern Dutch port more than a week after catching fire at sea, averting a feared environmental disaster.

Local media images showed tugs towing the Fremantle Highway into Eemshaven after a journey from a holding position.

Ship’s owner says electric car suspected as possible cause of blaze on vessel travelling from Germany to Egypt

A blaze on a cargo ship carrying nearly 3,000 vehicles off the Dutch coast has killed one person and injured several others, with coastguards warning that the fire could last for several days.

The fire began on Tuesday night on the 199-metre Panama-registered Fremantle Highway, which was en route from Germany to Egypt. Several crew members were forced to jump overboard.