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    Attack on dutch queen

    I don't know if this is the right place for this but I just have to write it down somewhere.

    Yesterday we had an attack on our royal family, not a terrorist attack, but a 38 year old man who tried to hit the open bus with his car witch the royal family was in.
    He failed @ hitting that bus but in the attempt he took the life's of 6 people.
    He just ploughed through the crowed that was watching a parade @ full speed.

    I have to explain this.
    We have a national holiday in the Netherlands, on witch we all celebrate the birthday of our previous queen Wilhelmina.
    On this day the whole country stops functioning, there is parades every where, music, dance, drinks, fun, kids playing.
    This day was brutally disturbed by a lunatic who used his car as a murder weapon trying to hit a 20ton bus..

    Seeing this is such a big event every single TV crew in the Netherlands is there, so you can understand there is tons of footage from it.
    I was was watching the parade, watching all the people having fun, looking @ the royal family waving @ the crowed.
    And then all off a sudden on life TV 1.6 million viewers saw it happen..

    Last night I when I went to bed there where 5 people who dies off their injury's.
    This morning I heard on the news that the guy who did it died during an operation.
    And during the day the news told of the 6th death, an military police officer.
    So total including the mental there are 7 people who died so far, still 8 in the hospital off witch 1 is still on the edge of life and death.

    I cannot describe how I feel, anger, sad, I feel like I want to cry, questions, why for god sake !!!

    Off course this is all over you tube as well..
    I have to warn you all, this is truly shocking footage it's rated 16+ on you tube.
    [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQcB-YrGocM[/media]

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    Re: Attack on dutch queen

    Uncut footage including some slow-motion:

    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a0f_1241090752
    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cbf_1241095851

    I think one reason we're fascinated with such footage is that we wonder what we would do in the same circumstances, and what could be done to prevent it in the future, without overly-limiting our freedoms.

    This also illustrates just how deadly a car can be.
    Dude, seriously, WHAT handkerchief?

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    Re: Attack on dutch queen

    Holy crap... what kind of idiot would do that?


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    Re: Attack on dutch queen

    when i saw that soldier giving CPR my heart skipped beat. just the thought of someones life being taken away like that is........ really no words to explain.........

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    Re: Attack on dutch queen

    Quote Originally Posted by BlindGamer View Post
    Holy crap... what kind of idiot would do that?
    An idiot like Timothy McVeigh?
    Dude, seriously, WHAT handkerchief?

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    Re: Attack on dutch queen

    Such shocking images I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like for everyone in the Netherlands. My condolences and prayers go out to all of you who have been affected by this horribly tragic event. I'm so sorry.

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    Re: Attack on dutch queen

    I'm just gonna say one thing.......if I were there he wouldn't be after that happened, police present or not.

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    Re: Attack on dutch queen

    he died during the night in the hospital.
    Looking from one side that is good.. but know all the victims and their family's will never know why he did it.
    So I can see your point but the justice system is there for a reason.

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    Re: Attack on dutch queen

    Quote Originally Posted by SKiNnEe View Post
    I'm just gonna say one thing.......if I were there he wouldn't be after that happened, police present or not.
    Was it clear at the time that he was attacking and not just having an epileptic fit and lost control of his car? (The latter happened near my home and the guy took out a car, a custom van, and the boat of a friend who'd left it with my neighbor thinking it was a safer place to park it.) I was working on my friend's car at the time 2 houses down and had the guy had his fit 100 feet later, I might have been killed.
    Dude, seriously, WHAT handkerchief?

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    Re: Attack on dutch queen

    Well a guy having an epileptic fit is one thing but someone doing it intentionally is just wrong. Why would you want to kill someone just because they did something you dont like? that would be like being killed because someone didnt like the way you looked. In some cases the families who lost loved ones dont want to know, others do want to know. It is a sad day when such thing like that happened. Sorry cant imigaine what it feels like to be in the Netherlands right now.
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