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Apparent Attack in Netherlands *MAY CONTAIN DISTURBING/NSFW IMAGES/LINKS*

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  • #32
    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,315 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    robinph wrote: »
    The videos just show the end of it where the car crashes into a monument.

    The stills are the only ones showing injured people.

    Thought the driver is probably dead? :P


  • #33
    gary the great
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,664 ✭✭✭gary the great


    Im over here now...people are saying they still want to party and not let this ruin the day. That picture is horrible though.
    People are saying the Queen was going to hand over to the Prince today as well...theres a press conference in an hour.

    On another note, Queens days eve is mental, kicks the ass of St Paddys day.


  • #34
    Soby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,978 ✭✭✭Soby


    How the hell did that car get in such a state before it hit the monument thing anyway?Surely if it crashed somewhere before word woulda got passed to the police or the bodyguards around the bus.


  • #35
    sonners
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 317 ✭✭sonners


    The_Edge wrote: »
    http://upload.nieuws.be/927da651-74d4-4bc5-92c5-c6fc3ce94733-BELGA-PICTURE-13630553.jpg

    I'd say the young girl will live....just about.

    I thought that was her aswell but I'm not sure now. In the first (disturbing) picture she's barefoot but is wearing shoes in the recovery one. Possibly her mother? They are dressed very similarly.


  • #36
    shqipshume
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭shqipshume


    Soby wrote: »
    How the hell did that car get in such a state before it hit the monument thing anyway?Surely if it crashed somewhere before word woulda got passed to the police or the bodyguards around the bus.

    Possibly the barricades and or the people he hit :(


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  • #37
    shqipshume
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭shqipshume


    amacachi wrote: »
    Thought the driver is probably dead? :P

    The injured driver of the car has been arrested and is now being questioned at the police station:mad:
    Not dead :mad:


  • #38
    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,315 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    shqipshume wrote: »
    The injured driver of the car has been arrested and is now being questioned at the police station:mad:
    Not dead :mad:

    ****sake, hope the dutch don't be their usual liberal selves in his trial if he did it on purpose.


  • #39
    donmeister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,158 ✭✭✭donmeister


    shqipshume wrote: »
    Not dead :mad:

    Probably better that is is alive for now,so they can find out the full story


  • #40
    homerjay2005
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    LookingFor wrote: »
    Holy crap.

    That picture is kind of disturbing.

    yep. hopefully nobody died.


  • #41
    Standard Toaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,291 ✭✭✭✭Standard Toaster


    sonners wrote: »
    I thought that was her aswell but I'm not sure now. In the first (disturbing) picture she's barefoot but is wearing shoes in the recovery one. Possibly her mother? They are dressed very similarly.

    Well spotted....different girl alright :(

    Seen another pic of that guy's knee....well, where his knee used to be. Nasty!
    Soby wrote:
    How the hell did that car get in such a state before it hit the monument thing anyway?Surely if it crashed somewhere before word woulda got passed to the police or the bodyguards around the bus.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8026807.stm
    'Royal shock'

    Cynthia Boll, a photographer at the scene, told the BBC the car was already badly damaged before it slammed into the crowds at high speed.

    "There were people everywhere, you could definitely see that it was serious because everywhere was blood and shoes ripped off and all the people giving CPR," she said.


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  • #42
    Puddleduck
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    Someone/thing should go back and finish the job the monument started...


  • #43
    Clare Bear
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    Jesus that's horrible :(


  • #44
    Alun
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    Soby wrote: »
    How the hell did that car get in such a state before it hit the monument thing anyway?Surely if it crashed somewhere before word woulda got passed to the police or the bodyguards around the bus.
    He drove through some barriers apparently.


  • #45
    shqipshume
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭shqipshume


    7 dead apparently so far :(


  • #46
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,557 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    shqipshume wrote: »
    7 dead apparently so far :(
    Dutch TV (http://www.nos.nl/journaal24/) is saying 2 dead, 23 injured, of which 6 seriously at the moment.


  • #47
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,856 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    Not nice video
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXe3nnJj9Dc


  • #48
    inforfun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,860 ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    4 dead.
    This was not an accident, dipstick confirmed to the police that it was on purpose.
    I can not find anything about motif and whether the attack was on the royal family or on the general public.


  • #49
    smileysurfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭smileysurfer


    God I feel physically sick looking at these pictures! Those poor people!! Dont think Il watch the video!! What a disgusting thing to do! If that guy does survive he better get locked away for life!! :eek:


  • #50
    Soby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,978 ✭✭✭Soby


    Dave! wrote: »
    Not nice video
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXe3nnJj9Dc

    Jesus:(:(....you can see the girl at 8 seconds and 35..not moving:(...Someone kill that fúcker now!!!:mad::mad:..Jail isnt enough

    The ***t is a dutch in a late 30's im hearing


  • #51
    patmac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,599 ✭✭✭patmac


    The_Edge wrote: »
    Attacked them in a suzuki swift? :confused:
    Jaysus I've a black Suzuki Swift.
    Wait a second...................................








    It's still there phew.


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  • #52
    994
    Closed Accounts Posts: 911 ✭✭✭994


    wikipedia:
    On April 30, 2009, around 11:50 in the morning, just before the bus with the royal family made its last turn towards palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, a black older model Suzuki Swift crashed through the audience and slammed into a monument, just missing the open-topped bus carrying the royal family.[6] Four people are reported dead, 5 people suffering a major injury, and 8 people are mildly wounded.[6]
    The driver, a 38 year old male Dutch national, was rescued by the fire department and subsequently arrested.[6] The car was examined by the anti-terrorist department and the local police. This search was conducted with live TV viewing.[7]
    At 12:15 the National holiday program was cancelled in light of the tragedy, including all festivities in Apeldoorn.
    The Queen addressed the nation in a video[8] and the police gave a press conference. At the press conference the police revealed that the driver, had told police after the crash that it was a deliberate act. There is no indication for the involvement of a terror group. The queen stated that it was a terrible drama that left the royal family speechless and expressed her condolences to the family and victims.


  • #53
    Fanny Cradock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,240 ✭✭✭✭Fanny Cradock


    Has there been any explanation as to why the driver felt the need to plough into a crowd?


  • #54
    inforfun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,860 ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    Fanny Cradock wrote: »
    Has there been any explanation as to why the driver felt the need to plough into a crowd?

    Unconfirmed but apparently the guy was denied access to his kids after a divorce.
    Rulings like that in Holland are done "in name of the Queen bla bla bla..."

    But as mentioned .. there is no confirmation about this.


  • #55
    Overheal
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    LookingFor wrote: »
    Holy crap.

    That picture is kind of disturbing.
    What im still trying to figure out is why that honor guard is still standing at ease and looking the other way.


  • #56
    smileysurfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭smileysurfer


    Overheal wrote: »
    What im still trying to figure out is why that honor guard is still standing at ease and looking the other way.

    Propably happened so fast that he didnt realise yet!
    Im sure if he did know what was going on at this point that he wouldnt be ignoring it!


  • #57
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    Am I the only one who doesnt really feel disturbed by these photos? Nothing too dramatic, just dead people.

    I was expecting alot worse seeing as he just ploughed through the crowd so injuries like torn limbs etc.


  • #58
    Fanny Cradock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,240 ✭✭✭✭Fanny Cradock


    Overheal wrote: »
    What im still trying to figure out is why that honor guard is still standing at ease and looking the other way.

    You would imagine that it all happened within just a few seconds. If you look at the faces in the crowd some of them haven't reacted yet. Horrifying stuff.


  • #59
    robinph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,146 ✭✭✭✭robinph


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    Am I the only one who doesnt really feel disturbed by these photos? Nothing too dramatic, just dead people.

    I was expecting alot worse seeing as he just ploughed through the crowd so injuries like torn limbs etc.

    There is certainly several limbs pointing in the wrong direction in some of the pictures from the Dutch news website linked earlier, and one of the YouTube videos shows lots of unconscious bodies across the street with people then giving CPR as well.

    How much blood and gore do you need?


  • #60
    Fanny Cradock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,240 ✭✭✭✭Fanny Cradock


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    Am I the only one who doesnt really feel disturbed by these photos? Nothing too dramatic, just dead people.

    I was expecting alot worse seeing as he just ploughed through the crowd so injuries like torn limbs etc.

    Possibly!


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  • #61
    Saibh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,431 ✭✭✭✭Saibh


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    Am I the only one who doesnt really feel disturbed by these photos? Nothing too dramatic, just dead people.

    I was expecting alot worse seeing as he just ploughed through the crowd so injuries like torn limbs etc.


    So far yes


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