which is the crowd of people watching the Dutch royal family riding past?
The man suspected of trying to attack the Dutch royal family by crashing his car near their bus has died, Dutch police said Friday. The man, whose name was not released, had been seriously injured in the crash Thursday in the town of Apeldoorn, about 45 miles east of Amsterdam, police said. He died early Friday, police said. He had been charged with trying to attack the royal family, authorities said. Were you there? Send us your video, images Police searched the man’s house but found no weapons, explosives, “or any other clues that could lead to the involvement of other people,” police said. Five people, as well as the driver, were killed and 12 were wounded in the incident, which happened during the country’s annual Queen’s Day celebration, police said. Crowds had lined the streets to see Queen Beatrix and her family ride by in an open-top bus during the Netherlands’ annual holiday. As the bus moved along, a black hatchback zoomed past it. The crowds were behind barriers off the road
Five people were killed when a car careered into a crowd of people watching the Dutch royal family riding past in an open-top bus Thursday. Queen Beatrix began her reign in 1980 after her mother abdicated the throne. The incident occurred during Queen’s Day, a national holiday celebrated every April 30 to mark the queen’s birthday. The birthday of Queen Beatrix — the current monarch — is actually January 31. http://images.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/30/dutch.royal.family.backgrounder/index.html THE man who killed five bystanders in an attempt to kill member of the Dutch royal family had been turned away by police earlier in the day. Dutch media have named the man as Karst T, who worked as a security guard but lost his job several weeks ago. Chilling photos and video replayed around the world today captured the horrific moment the man’s speeding car mowed down police
The driver is arrested, the presumption is that it might haven been an attack on the Royal dutch family. A car drove into the crowd and towards the bus. Sources: By staff writers THE man who killed five bystanders in an attempt to kill member of the Dutch royal family had been turned away by police earlier in the day.
