Karst Tates
Karst Tates (March 6, 1971 - May 1, 2009) was a Dutch man who tried to harm the Dutch Royal Family (including Willem Alexander and Beatrix). He tried to do this by making his car collide with the Royal Bus. This event happened in Apeldoorn, Netherlands on 30 April, 2009, the Dutch national holiday of Queen's Day (Koninginnedag). He did not succeed, but killed seven people who were watching the festivities and himself.
According to a policeman who claimed having talked to Tates, Tates said immediately after the crash that he had wanted to hit the members of the Royal Family that had just passed there in an open bus, because Willem-Alexander was a racist and a fascist in his view. After having been brought to hospital, Tates died from his wounds.
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Layout of the incident. Red is the path of the car, orange the path of the coach carrying the royal family. The car crashed through the crowd at the marker and came to rest against monument De Naald
Public gathering on the central market square during memorial service of 8 May 2009
Monument remembering the seven victims, by glass artist Menno Jonker; unveiled 29 April 2010
