A woman has died in hospital after her car was hit by a hail of gunfire in Amsterdam’s Nieuw-West district.

The woman’s car was attacked by two men with automatic weapons as she drove down Maassluisstraat at around 7.40pm on Sunday, police said.

The 27-year-old victim drove on to a hospital after the incident but died later in the evening from her injuries, AT5 reported. Her passenger was unhurt.

Dozens of spent shells were recovered from the street, while the windows of two flats were damaged by bullets.

Camera footage taken by local residents shows the gunmen fleeing in a silver-grey car driven by a third person. A 20-year-old man was arrested soon afterwards in connection with the incident, but police would not say what his involvement was.

A Volkswagen Caddy van was found burned out in the nearby August Vermeylenstraat later on Sunday. Police have not confirmed whether it was used in the shooting.