Update: Queensday assault

Bob — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:53:57 +0000

A man who killed six people and injured 13 in an attempt to kill members of the Dutch royal family died Friday, one day after the attack, according to media reports.

The suspect, a 38-year-old identified by Dutchmedia as Karst Tates, had been in critical condition since the attack during the Netherlands Queen’s Day holiday Thursday.

Dutch authorities said a military policeman also died of injuries he received when Tates smashed his car through police barricades and into a crowd of spectators.

Military police commander Lt. Gen. Dick van Putten said the officer became the sixth victim of the Tates’ attack.

Before his death Tates reportedly confessed to police that his actions were aimed at the royal family.

Tates rammed his car into the foot of a monument after mowing down people gathered for the annual royal procession in the central city of Apeldoorn. Until today, Seven people died… including the culprit.

Queensday assault in The Netherlands

Bob — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:05:08 +0000

During the Queensday celebration in Apeldoorn (NL) where the royal Dutch family would celebrate today’s Queensday, a car drove with high speed and rammed into a lot of people and crashed into a monument that was just outside the palace. At the moment of the accident the royal family just passed (in the open bus).

So far 5 people died, More than 14 people are wounded, some pretty bad. The Queensday celebrations in Apeldoorn are cancelled for the rest of the day.

It looks like the car (a Suzuki Swift) already rammed something else before he hit the momument outside the palace. It’s 100% sure that this was an assault to the members of the royal Dutch family.

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Update: Queensday assault

Queensday assault in The Netherlands