Sunday, April 10, 2011

7 People Killed in a Dutch Mall Shooting

Dutch officials say that this past Saturday a man, identified only as 24 year old Tristan V., opened fire in a mall. Using an automatic rifle, he shot and killed 7 people leaving 16 wounded (3 in critical condition) before turning the gun on himself. Police had searched his home that he shared with his father and confiscated computers and other equipment taken in for evidence. When searching his mother's house the police found a note left by him claiming to have placed explosives in several commercial areas in Alphen, these areas were evacuated immediately and as of 11pm Saturday night not explosives were found. Officials say that after reading the note there is no clear motive for the shootings.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/04/09/netherlands.mall.shooting/index.html

Jen Crawford

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