TRAGEDY at Dutch Queensday Apeldoorn
james John Smythe
Station N, Netherlands Posts: 162MI6 Agent
For all the (dutch) forum members:
Celebrations of Queen's Day in Apeldoorn (Holland) took a tragic turn around midday on Thursday. Four people were killed and 13 injured when a car ploughed through a crowd of spectators watching the Queen's Day parade. As the open-topped coach carrying the Royal Family passed, the car broke through the barriers, hitting 23 people and crashing into a monument.
The public prosecutor said at a press conference that the driver was acting intentionally, but that there is no terrorist connection. The 38-year old man is reported to have made two earlier attempts to cross safety barriers, driving at a speed of at least 80 kms/hr. The driver was injured in the crash and had to be cut from his vehicle, after which he was arrested and taken away for interrogation. No details have been released about his identity.
Police are meticulously searching the car, assisted by the bomb disposal squad and in the presence of the National Anti-terror Co-ordinator.
The Royal Family, waving to the crowd from their open-topped bus, witnessed the incident. Immediately afterwards the vehicle was driven to Het Loo palace, accompanied by security guards. The Government Information Service has announced the queen and her family are deeply shocked by the events. The flag has been lowered to half-mast at the palace.
The mayor of Apeldoorn has cancelled all Queen's Day festivities in the city. In Rotterdam and Utrecht, too, the celebrations have been cancelled, while the capital Amsterdam and other cities are toning down activities.
live footage: (no subtitles) at around 1:05 mins
Celebrations of Queen's Day in Apeldoorn (Holland) took a tragic turn around midday on Thursday. Four people were killed and 13 injured when a car ploughed through a crowd of spectators watching the Queen's Day parade. As the open-topped coach carrying the Royal Family passed, the car broke through the barriers, hitting 23 people and crashing into a monument.
The public prosecutor said at a press conference that the driver was acting intentionally, but that there is no terrorist connection. The 38-year old man is reported to have made two earlier attempts to cross safety barriers, driving at a speed of at least 80 kms/hr. The driver was injured in the crash and had to be cut from his vehicle, after which he was arrested and taken away for interrogation. No details have been released about his identity.
Police are meticulously searching the car, assisted by the bomb disposal squad and in the presence of the National Anti-terror Co-ordinator.
The Royal Family, waving to the crowd from their open-topped bus, witnessed the incident. Immediately afterwards the vehicle was driven to Het Loo palace, accompanied by security guards. The Government Information Service has announced the queen and her family are deeply shocked by the events. The flag has been lowered to half-mast at the palace.
The mayor of Apeldoorn has cancelled all Queen's Day festivities in the city. In Rotterdam and Utrecht, too, the celebrations have been cancelled, while the capital Amsterdam and other cities are toning down activities.
live footage: (no subtitles) at around 1:05 mins
Comments
It's a sad sad day.
Queen's Day will never be the same.
All it takes is one crazy person......
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