Netherlands Shooting Inside Ridderhof Mall

A Dutch gunman entered the Ridderhof mall in Alphen aan den Rijn and began shooting randomly killing six people and wounding 15. He then committed suicide. Alphen aan den Rijn is located in a suburb 19 miles (30 kilometers) southwest of Amsterdam.

Huffpost reported:

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. Afterward, a note was found in the attacker’s black Mercedes containing threats that he had planted explosives at three other malls in the city, said Nooy. The malls were evacuated, but no explosives were found.

Tristan van der Vlis had previous run-ins with the law, including an illegal weapons possession charge when he was only 17 years old that was later dropped. He lived with his father.

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