2009 attack on the Dutch Royal Family
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Location in Apeldoorn of the incident on Queen's Day 2009
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| Location | Apeldoorn, Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 52°13′40.18″N 5°56′45.79″E / 52.2278278°N 5.9460528°E |
| Date | 30 April 2009 (National holiday of the Netherlands) 11:50 (UTC+2) |
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Attack type
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Car attack |
| Weapons | Suzuki Swift |
| Deaths | 8 (including the attacker) |
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Non-fatal injuries
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10 |
| Perpetrator | Karst Roeland Tates |
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).
The vehicle drove through people lining the street watching the parade, resulting in eight deaths and ten injuries. 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.
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. He died the day after the incident, the seventh person to succumb to injuries suffered during the attack. A 46-year-old woman died from her injuries days later, on 8 May, bringing the total number of deaths to eight.
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 black older-model Suzuki Swift crashed through the onlookers, just missing the bus carrying the Royal Family members, and slammed into De Naald, an obelisk-shaped Royal monument. 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. 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.
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