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Just saw this on the news on here, now the families will never know why their loved ones died, or see anyone punished. Stupid man!


The driver who tried to ram the Dutch royal family's coach and ended up killing six bystanders had recently been fired and was about to lose his home, it has emerged.
Kast Tates, 38, died of his injuries in hospital, leaving police still puzzled about why he carried out the attack during a parade in the town of Apeldoorn on Thursday.
Ten other people were hurt when Tates rammed his small black car through police barricades toward an open-topped bus carrying Queen Beatrix and several other members of the royal family.
It then crashed at a speed into a stone war memorial, seriously injuring Tates.

He told one of the first police officers to rush to his car that the attack was aimed at the royal family. But the motive was unclear.
"It is very difficult now that we no longer have the suspect to reconstruct what was behind this," said Fred de Graaf, mayor of Apeldoorn.
"An element of uncertainty will remain because you can no longer question the suspect. So the last piece of the puzzle will remain in question," he said.
Neighbours in Tates hometown of Huissen said he was recently fired from his job as a security guard and about to be evicted from his home because he could no longer afford the rent. Police said he had no history of mental illness or criminal record.
The neighbours described him as friendly, but a man who kept to himself.
Prosecutors said the suspect's death ended the criminal investigation against him, but that they would continue to investigate whether he acted alone but there were no indications he had help.

What a dreadful memory every year when they celebrate the Queen's Birthday, unless they change the celebration or something, but it would be a bit like changing our Trooping of the Colour because of an act of murder.

Lizx