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Title: Car driven into crowd deliberately near Queen Beatrix & Royal Family
Post by: MuffyBee on April 30, 2009, 11:27:05 AM
Car hits crowd at Dutch parade; kills 4, hurts 13

25 minutes ago

APELDOORN, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch authorities say four people were killed and 13 injured when a car careened, apparently deliberately, into a crowd watching Queen Beatrix and her family at a holiday parade
Prosecutor L. Goossens says the incident appeared to be deliberate, but not an act of terrorism.

He told reporters Thursday the driver of the car was injured and was in police custody in the hospital. Eight of the injured were in serious condition.

The small black car plowed through a line of spectators then slammed into a stone monument just a few meters from the open bus where the queen and the royal family were being greeted by the crowd.

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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ilgyK22JkrE2dgeitbQ9O52O8OXAD97SR56G2


Title: Re: Car driven into crowd deliberately near Queen Beatrix & Royal Family
Post by: MuffyBee on May 01, 2009, 11:03:41 AM
Man who tried to attack Dutch royals dies
AMSTERDAM – The man who drove his car into a crowd of parade spectators and killed six people died of his injuries Friday, leaving unresolved the mystery of why he tried to attack the Dutch royal family.

The 38-year-old suspect, identified by Dutch media as Karst Tates, had been in critical condition since the attack Thursday on Queen's Day, the Dutch national holiday.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_netherlands_parade_crash


Title: Re: Car driven into crowd deliberately near Queen Beatrix & Royal Family
Post by: MuffyBee on May 01, 2009, 05:09:35 PM
Dutch parade attacker and policeman die
Fri May 1, 2009 7:37pm BST
By Catherine Hornby

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutchman who tried to drive his car into a bus carrying Queen Beatrix at a royal parade died from his injuries Friday.

A military policeman hit by the vehicle as it ploughed through a crowd also died, taking the toll among onlookers to six.
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The motive of the 38-year-old driver, identified by local media as Karst Tates, was unclear. No weapons or explosives were found when police searched his house and there were no signs that others were involved in planning the attack.
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Newspapers cited his neighbours as saying he was a withdrawn man who lived alone. He had lost his job at a security firm and was due to move house, the AD paper reported.
The military policeman died from his injuries Friday, the Defence Ministry said. Eight people are still in hospital, with one woman in a critical condition following the attack on the Queen's Day national holiday.
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http://uk.reuters.com/article/UKNews1/idUKTRE54027220090501?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0


Title: Re: Car driven into crowd deliberately near Queen Beatrix & Royal Family
Post by: MuffyBee on May 02, 2009, 06:41:10 PM
Death toll from Queen's Day crash at seven
Published: May 2, 2009 at 2:38 PM
APELDOORN, Netherlands, May 2 (UPI) -- The Dutch Defense Ministry said the death toll from a suspected attack on the royal family on Queen's Day has reached seven.

The ministry confirmed Friday that 55-year-old military police officer Roel Nijenhuis died of injuries he suffered in the Dutch town of Apeldoorn when a car crashed into a crowd gathered for a Queen's Day parade, CNN reported Saturday.
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CNN said while no royal family members were hurt, the ministry said 12 people were injured in addition to the seven fatalities.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/05/02/Death-toll-from-Queens-Day-crash-at-seven/UPI-28551241289529/