Attack on the royal family

a guy at work told me this afternoon and I saw a short youtube clip...ruining THE day in the Netherlands

what a shock....what can you have AGAINST the Dutch Royal family?

Probably Republican?

Seriously, I am shattered:

I have had the chance to pass Queens Day in NL several time with friends, always a great party, I just cannot grab why someone would do something like that.

Anything known about the driver yet (havent had time to check the net yet)?

A dark day indeed, my thoughts with the families of the victims and with the Royal Famil also.

Rattler

in one the 'homevideos' you can hear the numerous hits from when he hits people...

The only thing known about this guy is that he lost his job a few months ago and was going to lose his house because he couldnt pay the rent anymore.
For the near future security will probably be changed, roadblocks and more heavier armed policemen/soldiers at strategic places.
I can foresee huge traffic problems next year due to tough securitymeasures.

There were two fences on the road, he hit the first fence  seconds before he crashed through the people watching the queens bus.
Worst thing here is that you are absolutely powerless to avoid something like this.

I know MR you are right.
The man you see with the destroyed knee is one of the people who died
Monday and tuesday are 4 and 5 may, remembrance and liberation day.
I havent heard anything about new security measures but they will be tougher than usual.
On several locations concrete barriers were put besides major roads this morning.

The queen will be in Amsterdam on may 4, but I dont think that she will be that openly visible to the public anymore.

7th victim dies... a civilian police co-worker

The news on this was pretty thin up here in the Pacific Northwest.  Apparently it wasn't that big of a deal when compared to the dow jones stock market roller coaster and the swine flu epidemic, or whatever they are calling it from hour to hour.

I figured I would get more details from you guys, and I was right.  What a horrible thing.  As Koen said, what can one have against the Dutch Royals?  As this sort of collective insanity continues to build, the cry goes up about how can we prevent this from happening again, as it always does.  Perhaps a police database that includes people who are about to lose their house and job will do the trick.  I am, of course, proposing the impossible.

  My sympathy to the victims and the Dutch people.  One more of the many public moments of collective enjoyment will be sacrificed to the altar of Guaranteed Safety, due to the unthinkable acts of jerks and skels of the world.

The disturbing trend over here is now parents slaughtering their entire families and then killing themselves, due to their "desperate" situations.  The killing of innocents is becoming more common, where previously, the individual would only kill themselves, and not decide the fate of their children.

  Sadly, I am sure that somewhere here, an individual with a grievance will try to copy the killer in the attack on the Royal Family, and drive his car through the crowd at a parade somewhere.  Perhaps we should ban cars....

                               Heinrich505