Dutch Royal Family Target of Car Attack in Netherlands (Watch!)

Dutch TV says at least two people were killed when a speeding car raced toward an open bus carrying Dutch Queen Beatrix and her family during a holiday parade Thursday and careened through spectators.

Four people were killed and more than a dozen wounded on Thursday when a driver hurtled his car into a crowd at a parade, narrowly missing an open bus carrying Queen Beatrix and members of her family. Dutch officials said the man had “acted deliberately” but they ruled out links with a terrorist group. “The driver is suspected of trying to attack the royal family,” a spokesperson for the Dutch police said, not giving additional details as to a possible motive.

Police immediately arrested the driver who was trapped in his car as it crashed into a monument. Authorities declined to provide the person’s name, but said he was a 38-year old Dutchman who apparently acted alone and carried no weapons or explosives. The investigation into the incident was ongoing. – from NYTimes