Friday, May 20, 2011

Not Shopping at the Netherlands Mall

"Gunman at mall kills 6, then himself

ALPHEN AAN DEN RIJN — A man armed with an automatic weapon opened fire in a crowded shopping mall yesterday, killing six people and wounding 15, then committed suicide, officials and witnesses said. Children were among the casualties, including an infant who was lightly injured, said Mayor Bas Eenhoorn. Three of the wounded were hospitalized in critical condition. The rampage ended when the attacker shot himself in the head at the Ridderhof mall here. The gunman was identified as 24-year-old Tristan van der Vlis, and it was “all but certain’’ he acted alone, District Attorney Kitty Nooy said."