2009 attack on the Dutch royal family
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The 2009 attack on the Dutch royal family occurred on 30 April in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, when a man drove his car at high speed into a parade which included Queen Beatrix, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and other members of the royal family. The attack took place on the Dutch national holiday of Koninginnedag (or Queen's Day).[3][4]
Attack on Dutch royal family | |
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Location | Apeldoorn, Netherlands |
Coordinates | 52°13′40″N 5°56′46″E |
Date | 30 April 2009 (2009-04-30) (Dutch National holiday) 11:50 (UTC+2) |
Target | Dutch Royal Family |
Attack type | Vehicle ramming attack, attempted regicide |
Weapons | Suzuki Swift |
Deaths | 8 (including the attacker)[1] |
Injured | 10[1] |
Perpetrator | Karst Roeland Tates[2] |
Motive | Unknown |
The driver deliberately drove through people lining the street watching the parade, resulting in eight deaths, including the attacker, and ten injuries.[1][5][6][7] The car 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][lower-alpha 1]
The driver, identified as 38-year-old Dutch national Karst Roeland Tates, was treated by members of the fire brigade and police, taken into custody and transported to a hospital.[10] He died the next day, becoming the seventh person killed by injuries suffered during the attack.[11] A 46-year-old woman died from her injuries days later, on 8 May, bringing the total number of deaths to eight.[1]