Six shot dead, 11 injured in Alphen aan den Rijn shopping centre...
At least six people have been shot dead in a shopping centre in Alphen aan den Rijn by a gunman who sprayed passersby with an automatic weapon.
The shooting happened at the Ridderhof centre just after midday. According to media reports, the man ran shooting throught the shopping centre and then shot himself using a different gun.
At least 11 people have been injured, four of them very seriously, the town’s mayor told a news conference. Alphen aan den Rijn is a commuter town, midway between The Hague and Amsterdam.
Panic
‘There was a tremendous panic, everyone was running. I saw people lying on the ground,’ the owner of a pet shop told Nos television. ‘When I saw the gunman, I ran inside and closed the metal shutters.’
Another eyewitness told Nos he had seen a body in the car park.
On April 2, two people were killed and two others injured in another shooting in the town.
More to follow
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2011/04/six_shot_dead_nine_injured_in.php
Thanks. Unfortunately it looks like the higher number of dead is the correct number.
And the shooter is described as...kinda Amish.
On April 2, two people were killed and two others injured in another shooting in the town.”
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