At least four people were killed and several others hurt in the Netherlands after a car rammed into a crowd of spectators watching a royal motorcade Thursday.
A photographer said the car appeared to be deliberately driving at high speed toward an open bus carrying Queen Beatrix and her family in the western Dutch city of Apeldoorn.
Prosecutors said they believe the incident was deliberate, but not an act of terrorism. They did not indicate a motive or say why the popular queen might have been a target. The driver was a 38-year-old white Dutch male with no police record or history of mental illness, police said. They would not give his name.
Cynthia Boll said she saw about 20 people "flying through the air" after the black car swerved across police railings, where crowds of people were waiting to see the queen pass.
I don't know if this is going to be classified an assassination attempt, and they haven't said anything about motive yet. However, I'll be curious to see if there's a connection between the driver and a certain "religion of peace" which has been known to carry out deadly attacks in the Netherlands.
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