Posted on 04/09/2011 5:18:22 PM PDT by nuconvert
(CNN) -- Dutch officials say a gunman opened fire at a mall on Saturday, killing seven people and wounding 16 others before shooting himself in the head, a journalist with CNN affiliate SBS reported, citing police and other officials.
Bas Eenhoorn, mayor of Alphen aan den Rijn, told reporters that the 24-year-old suspected shooter -- identified only as Tristan V -- fired an automatic rifle and killed himself before police arrived on the scene.
The suspect, whose full name is being withheld until a formal investigation is concluded, is a Dutch national who was living with his father, police told SBS. Computer equipment and other materials were confiscated from the father's apartment after the shooting.
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“sudden jihad syndrome”
Er, Tristan?
Don’t think so.
BTW several witnesses pegged the shooter with long blond hair...cops say had a criminal history..
Still a possible convert...
Could have been the product of a mixed marriage ... but I see I’m wrong, anyway.
That’s not a genetic male.
Does anyone know what the Dutch gun control laws are?
“Officials named the gunman as Tristan van der Vlis, 24,”
It was reported earlier that he had blonde, curly hair. I haven’t read more about his physical description.
He was a member of a shooting club who had a permit to carry five weapons, and was known to the police because he’d been investigated in 2004.
He left a suicide note for his mother.
It’s a tragedy but at least it had a happy ending....rot in hell
What do you want to bet the "automatic rifle" was "automatic," as in "You pull the trigger and a bullet automatically comes out"? And maybe it looks scary, too.
This really worried me early today — my daughter is studying near Amsterdam. Thank God she is safe.
I totally agree with you.
All I know is, you are allowed to have firearms if you’re a member of a gun club, or hunter or a collector.
http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/gun-laws-netherlands
“Outside the military, nobody in the Netherlands is allowed to own or shoot an automatic weapon. “
“Gun ownership is seen not as a right, but a privilege, with hunting and target shooting the only two legitimate reasons for owning a gun. “
“Self defence is not regarded as a valid argument for owning a gun, and only the police are allowed to carry a weapon.”
He certainly looks happy.
Do you realize that this image shows dirt being swept under the rug? Maybe there’s a more appropriate visual that can be used.
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