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2009 attack on the Dutch Royal Family

2009 attack on the Dutch Royal Family


April 30, 2009 In the Netherlands a man drives at high speed apparently targeting the bus carrying Queen Beatrix. But instead, his real target was mowing through a crowd killing 5, 4 immediately. After hitting a monument, he confesses he was targeting the queen. He had been fired from his job and had been about to be evicted but his "motive is unclear". Eight of the 13 injured were in serious condition, with two men and two women killed. A attacking driver also died of his injuries. Two teenagers and a 9-year-old girl were among the severely injured. The incident was never connected to terrorism.


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Attack on Dutch Royal Family

Location in Apeldoorn of the incident on Queen's Day 2009
LocationApeldoorn, Netherlands
Coordinates52°13′40.18″N 5°56′45.79″E
Date30 April 2009 (National holiday of the Netherlands)
11:50 (UTC+2)
Attack typeCar attack
Deaths8 (including the attacker)[1]
Injured (non-fatal)10[1]
PerpetratorKarst Roeland Tates[2]
The 2009 attack on the Dutch Royal Family occurred on 30 April at Apeldoorn, Netherlands, when a man drove his car at high speed into a parade which included Queen Beatrix, Prince Willem-Alexander and other members of the Royal Family. The occasion of the attack was the Dutch national holiday of Koninginnedag (or Queen's Day).[3][4]
The vehicle drove through people lining the street watching the parade, resulting in eight deaths and ten injuries.[1][5][6][7] It missed the Royal Family and crashed into a monument at the side of the road. No members of the Royal Family were harmed. It was the first attack on the Dutch Royal Family in modern times.[8][a]
The driver, identified as 38-year-old Dutch national Karst Roeland Tates, was attended by emergency service workers of the fire brigade and police, taken into custody and transported to the hospital for treatment.[9] He died the day after the incident, the seventh person to succumb to injuries suffered during the attack.[10] A 46-year-old woman died from her injuries days later, on 8 May, bringing the total number of deaths to eight.[1]

Location of the attack[edit]


De Naald

Layout of the incident. Red is the path of the car, orange the path of the coach carrying the Royal Family. The car crashed through the crowd at the marker and came to rest against monument De Naald

The mortally injured Karst Tates still sitting in his car after the attack, with the Royal bus in the background. This image by Pim Ras won an award as the best Dutch news photo of the year 2009.
At around 11:50 am, just before an open-top bus carrying the Dutch Royal Family made its last turn towards the palace of Het Loo in Apeldoorn, a blackolder-model Suzuki Swift crashed through the onlookers, just missing the bus carrying the Royals, and slammed into De Naald, an obelisk-shaped Royal monument.[11] Seconds after the attack Red Cross and Police first aiders were on site to provide the basic life saving treatments to the 17 victims, who were all taken to nearby hospitals. After the crash, the vehicle was examined by the anti-terrorist department and local police.
The attack and search were shown on live TV.[12] Members of the Dutch Royal Family who were waving at the crowds gathered were shown standing up to look over at the crashed car, shocked and gasping with their hands over their mouths.

Profile of the attacker[edit]

The car was driven by Karst Roeland Tates (6 March 1971[9] – 1 May 2009[13]), a 38-year-old male Dutch national. After the attack, he was rescued by the fire department and transferred to a hospital, where he later died of brain injuries sustained in the attack.[11] Tates was from Huissen, a small town in the eastern Netherlands, and had no criminal record.[14][15]
Despite attempts to save his life, Tates died in the early morning of 1 May of brain injuries sustained in the crash.[16][17] An autopsy was performed. No traces of alcohol were found in Tates' blood. [18]
Tates' motive remains unclear. He had called his mother to congratulate her on her birthday on the day before the attack and said he was looking forward to her birthday party on 3 May. He left no indication he was planning anything.[19] Tates' parents describe him as kind and attentive, and although there were periods of financial trouble in his past, he had recently found work again.[19] According to his parents, Tates held no ill will towards the Royal Family and had described the Queen as a "stabilizing force".[19]
The official investigation established that Tates did not intend to kill many people; he had scouted the situation beforehand but when he returned for his assault the situation had changed and people were standing in a previously cordoned-off street.

Criminal charges[edit]

Tates was to be charged under articles 92[20] and 108[20] of Dutch Criminal Law, rarely used articles which deal with attacks on the monarch, the heir andhis spouse respectively.[21] The maximum penalty according to the Dutch Criminal Law for these crimes is life sentence without parole.[20]
The public prosecutor assumed Tates acted alone and feared that his actions would never be totally explained.[22]

Aftermath[edit]

A few hours after the attack Queen Beatrix addressed the nation in an emotional video message.[23]
What started out as a beautiful day has ended in a terrible tragedy that has shocked all of us. People who were standing nearby, who saw it happen on television, all those who witnessed it, must have been watching in astonishment and disbelief. We [the Royal Family] are speechless that something so terrible could have happened. My family, myself, and, I think, every person in the country feels for the victims, their families and friends, and all who have been affected by this incident.
At a press conference that afternoon police reported that Tates, who was still conscious but severely injured after the accident, had told police that it was a deliberate act aimed at the Royal Family.[11][21] He had no prior history of psychological problems and there are no indications that any sort of terrorist group was involved.[11][21] Initial rumours that the car was rigged with explosives were later denied by the police.[6]

Cancelled events[edit]


Public gathering on the central market square during memorial service of 8 May 2009

Monument remembering the seven victims, by glass artist Menno Jonker; unveiled 29 April 2010
Following the attack, at 12:15 pm local time, it was announced that all planned celebrations in Apeldoorn were cancelled. Later that day, many other events across the Netherlands were also cancelled, shortened or toned down significantly – including all activities in Rotterdam and many events in Amsterdam.[24][25]
As the news of the attack spread, many people spontaneously lowered the national flag to half-staff[26] (the normal flag instruction on Queens Day is to fly the flag, with orange banner, at full-staff, and many people follow this instruction). Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende announced the order to lower all flags on government buildings to half-staff.[27]
Initially, it was feared that the supposed "act of madness by a lone attacker" endangered the long-held yearly tradition with the Royal Family's mingling with the Dutch people on Queen's Day.[28]

Memorial service[edit]

On 8 May, a memorial service was held in the Orpheus theatre in Apeldoorn, with speeches by Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende and mayor of Apeldoorn Fred de Graaf. It was attended by the Queen, the Prince of Orange, Princess Máxima, Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven as well as 1,200 guests. Some 5,000 people watched the ceremony on screens placed outside on Apeldoorn's central market square[29] and millions more on live television. Just hours after the memorial, it was announced that after being in critical condition for over a week, an eighth person had died of injuries sustained in the attack.[1]

Monument[edit]

On 29 April 2010, Queen Beatrix and Mayor De Graaf unveiled a monument for the seven victims, near the location of the attack.[30] The work by artist Menno Jonker resembles a box containing seven blue and white balloons, representing vulnerability, festivity and mourning.[30]
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Notes[edit]

  1. Jump up^ One other attempt had been planned in "modern times" – an abduction attempt by soldiers of the German 22nd Airlanding Division in May 1940 was aborted when their planes crashed on landing[citation needed].

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e "Drama Apeldoorn eist achtste leven". NL: NU. 9 May 2009.Archived from the original on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
  2. Jump up^ van der Koor, Robin (30 April 2009). "Vijfde dode in Apeldoorn; dader in levensgevaar". NL: Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  3. Jump up^ "Car ploughs into Queen's Day parade". NL: NRC. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  4. Jump up^ Simons, Marlise (30 April 2009). "Car Plows Into Crowd Celebrating Dutch Queen". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  5. Jump up^ "Queen's Day attack death toll rises to eight". NL: NRC. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  6. ^ Jump up to:a b "Medewerker marechaussee in ziekenhuis overleden". De Volkskrant. 30 April 2009. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2009.[dead link]
  7. Jump up^ "Europe | Dutch parade attack driver dies". BBC News. 1 May 2009.Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  8. Jump up^ "Ruwbeeld Apeldoorn". News (broadcast) (RTL). 30 April 2009.Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
  9. ^ Jump up to:a b "Kondagnieuw", Genstijl (in Dutch), NL, 2009‐4‐30.
  10. Jump up^ "Royal attack: death toll reaches seven". Dutch News. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  11. ^ Jump up to:a b c d "Car crash into Dutch Queen parade". BBC. 30 April 2009.Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
  12. Jump up^ "Vier doden bij viering Koninginnedag". NOS. Archived from the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
  13. Jump up^ "Dader aanslag overleden in Deventer", De Stentor (in Dutch) (The Netherlands), 1 mei 2009.
  14. Jump up^ "Vijde dode in drama Apeldoorn". Trouw (article) (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 April 2009.
  15. Jump up^ "A nice quiet fellow". NL: NRC. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  16. Jump up^ "Dader aanslag Apeldoorn overleden". ANP. NL: NU. 1 May 2009.Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  17. Jump up^ "Dutch parade attack driver dies". BBC (UK). 1 May 2009. Archivedfrom the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  18. Jump up^ nu.nl. "Verdachte overleden aan hersenletsel (Suspect died of brain injury)". Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
  19. ^ Jump up to:a b c nu.nl. "Motief Karst T. voor zijn ouders ook een raadsel (Karst T.'s motive also a mystery to his parents)". Archived from the original on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
  20. ^ Jump up to:a b c overheid.nl (dutch government site. "Wetboek van Strafrecht (Criminal Law)". Archived from the original on 5 May 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
  21. ^ Jump up to:a b c NOS. "Koninklijke familie was doelwit (The Royal Family was the target) (dutch)". Archived from the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  22. Jump up^ "Queen's Day killer's motives may remain a mystery". Nrc.nl. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  23. Jump up^ "Koningin Beatrix: de familie is sprakeloos". NOS.nl. 30 April 2009.Archived from the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
  24. Jump up^ Simons, Marlise (30 April 2009). "Car Plows Into Crowd Celebrating Dutch Queen". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  25. Jump up^ "Meeste steden zetten festiviteiten voort". Nu.nl. 30 April 2009.Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  26. Jump up^ "Vlaggen halfstok na aanslag in Apeldoorn". sallandcentraal.nl. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  27. Jump up^ "Vlaggen halfstok na aanslag in Apeldoorn". Reformatorisch Dagblad. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  28. Jump up^ "Will Queen's Day ever be the same again?". Nrc.nl. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  29. Jump up^ telegraaf.nl. "'Nederland is in zijn ziel geraakt' ('The Netherlands has been hit in its soul')". Archived from the original on 11 May 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
  30. ^ Jump up to:a b nu.nl. "Apeldoorn staat stil bij drama Koninginnedag". Archivedfrom the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2010.

External links[edit]

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