Rats In A Cage

More of this sort of thing & perhaps reactionaries will stop pooping their Depends® when it's suggested that these United Snakes might do worse than become a little more like Europe.

A body is covered in foil after a shooting at a shopping mall in Alphen aan den Rijn, Southern Netherlands April 9, 2011. [...] "A man with an automatic weapon, whose identity we cannot reveal, started shooting and killed five people and then himself," mayor Bas Eenhoorn told reporters. "Four people were very badly injured, five mildly wounded, and at least two slightly injured." REUTERS/Stringer (NETHERLANDS - Tags: CRIME LAW) NETHERLANDS OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN NETHERLANDS

Queen Beatrix and Prime Minister Mark Rutte issued statements saying they were shocked and sympathize with the victims and their families.

Hours after the shooting, residents continued to gather at the mall, some of whom appeared to be in a daze.

"You hear about this sort of thing happening at American schools and you think that's a long way away," said Rob Kuipers, 50, a project manager. "Now it's happened here in the Netherlands."

Nooy said there was "no evidence" to support rumors that the gunman was a former soldier or that his mother or father had been among the dead or wounded Saturday.

Witnesses said the attacker had long blond hair and wore a black jacket and camouflage pants.

A resident who lives near the mall who gave his name as Marijn said the shooting went on for minutes. When he went to see whether friends working at the mall were OK, he saw the assailant lying dead in a grocery store.

"There was glass everywhere," the resident said. "He was just shooting everywhere as if it were the Wild West."

Apparently the news that the craven murderer was a blond, native-born Dutchman was released early enough that reactionary fear & hate elements were unable to screech about this no doubt being jihad, by Gawd!! Too bad; that always amuses us.