The man who killed four people with his car in an attack on the Dutch royal family has died of his injuries today.
Karst Tates (38) had been in a critical condition since the attack during the Netherlands Queen’s Day holiday yesterday.
Prosecutors confirmed his death this morning.
Tates had reportedly lost his job as a security guard and was facing eviction. Twelve other people were hurt when he rammed his car through police barricades and into onlookers as he sped towards an open-topped bus carrying Queen Beatrix.
In the bus, Princess Maxima, wife of heir Willem-Alexander, looked on in horror after the car hurtled through the crowd in the centre of the city, about 90km (56 miles) east of Amsterdam.
Apeldoorn mayor Fred de Graaf said two men and two women were killed and 13 people injured - five of them seriously. Of the injured, three were children aged nine, 15 and 16.
What started as a beautiful day has ended in terrible drama, which has shocked us deeply,” Queen Beatrix said in a response, which was broadcast on national television. The driver of the car, who was injured, was detained. “So far we have no indication that there is a link to terror [activities],” public prosecutor Ludo Goossens told a news conference.
The government cancelled the remaining official activities on the annual national holiday.
Reuters