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7 killed, 15 wounded in Dutch mall shooting

Associated Press, Alphen Aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, Sunday, 04/10/2011

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A $an ar$ed %ith a $achine &un opened 're in cro%ded shoppin& $all, (illin&

si) people and %oundin& 1*, then co$$ited suicide, o'cials and %itnesses said#

 +hildren %ere a$on& Saturdays casualties, includin& an in-ant %ho %as li&htly

injured, said !ayor .as enhoorn# Three o- the %ounded %ere hospital in critical

condition#

 The ra$pa&e ended %hen the attac(er shot hi$sel- in the head at the Ridderho- 

$all in Alphen aan den rijn, a suur 19 $iles 0 (ilo$eters3 south%est o-

A$sterda$#

its too terrile -or %ords, a shoc( -or us all,5 said enhoorn# Alphen is in

$ournin

 The &un$an %as indenti'ed as 246years6old Tristan 7an der 8ils, and it %as all

ut certain5 he acted alone, istrict Attorney itty Nooy said# A-tter%ard, a note

%as -ound in the attac(erslac( !ercedes containin& threats that he had

planted e)plosi7es at three other $alls in the city, said Nooy# The $alls %ere

e7acuated, ut no e)plosi7es %ere -ound#

A %itness identi'ed as !aart 8eree( told state roadcaster N;S the attac(er

appaared to e 'rin& rando$ly#

there %as a panic in the $all, a lot o- people runnin Said 8eree(,a pet shop

o%ner#

i see the attac(er co$in&, %al(in& and i &o inside the store, and i see hi$ &oin&

y %ith a i& $achine &un#5

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 That e)act type o- %eapon %as not identi'ed# utch la% -orids o%ner ship o-

$ost 'r ar$s, ut $a(es e)ceptions -or so$e collectors and hunter# enhoorn

said prosecutors %ere in7esti&atin& %hether the per$its had een properly

&ranted#

>ueen .eatri) and Pri$e !inoister !ar( Rutte issued state$ents sayin& they%ere soc(ed and sy$phathi=e %ith the 7icti$es and there -a$ilies#

"ours a-ter the shootin&, recidens continued to &ather at the $all, o$e o- %ho$

appeared to e in a da=e#

you hear aout this sort o- thin& happenin& at A$erican schools and you thin(

thats alon& %ay a%ay#5 Said Ro uippers, *0, a project $ana&er#5no% is

happened here in the Natherlands#5

Nooy said there %as no e7idence5 to supports ru$ors that the &un$an %as a

-or$er soldier or that his $other or -ather had een a$on& the dead a %oundedSaturday#

enhorn said oth the &un$ans $other and -ather cooperatin& %ith the police

in7esti&ation# The $other -ound a suicide note at her sons apparte$ent, ut

enhorn said it did not o?er any e)planation -or the attac(#

The te)t is a -are%ell note,5 enhoorn said# its say s that he planned to co$$it

suicide and a nu$er o- other thin&s, ut doesnt $a(e re-erence to the terrile

thin&s he did#5

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Police co$$isioner Dan Sti(7oort denied reports police %ere slo% to respond,

sayin& they arri7ed %hile the shootin& %as on&oin& and reached the &un$an just

as the shootin& stopped#

Althou&ht rare, shootinh and 7iolence are not un(no%n in the Netherlands#

n 1999, -our students and a teacher %ere hurt in school shootin& and in 2004, a

teacher %as shoot dead y a student#

 There also ha7e een t%o assassinations in the past decade, the 2002 (illin& o-

ri&ht %in& politician Pi$ Eortuyn y an ani$al ri&hts acti7ist, and the 2004

$urder o- 'l$$a(er Theo 7an Fo&h y an isla$ic e)tre$ist#

n 2009, a loner dro7e his a car into a &roup o- ystanders durin& a royal parade,

(illin& ei&ht and %oundin& 10#

Fun per$its are diGcult to otain in the Netherlands, ut ile&al auto$atic

%eapons and a$$unition are -reBuently sei=ed durin& dru& usts#

 T%o people %ere (illed in Alphen in a dru&6related shootin& se7eral %ee(s a&o#

Nooy said in7esti&ators do not elie7e the incidents are lin(ed#

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