i het is niet te begrijpen voor ons Expats, dat dit mogelijk is in ons Nederland, walgelijk.
DutchNews.nl , bedankt voor de snelle berichtgeving naar ons toe.

By gerard | April 30, 2009 4:54 PM

Dear Friends of Holland,
Both my husband and I (who live in Nova Scotia Canada) wish to send condolences to all of the Royal Family and its citizens of Holland for the tragic event at the Queen's Day Celebrations in Apeldoorn. Our hearts go out to all everyone.
May you know that we will keep you in our prayers and thoughts. God bless, and please take care.

By Carol Stewart | April 30, 2009 6:26 PM

Could there be a connection between the brutal attack today at koninginnenmdag, and the queens secret visit to the Bilderberg meetings this year..?
“Bilderberg will return to its 1993 crime scene when it attempts to meet secretly in Vouliagmeni, Greece, May 14-17. (2009)
Bilderberg will return to the grounds of Nafsika Astir Palace hotels in Vouliagmeni, 20 miles outside Athens, and meet behind guards at the Westin Nafsika.”

David Rockefeller quote

“We are grateful to the Washington Post, The New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost forty years. It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during those years. But, the world is now more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supranational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national auto-determination practiced in past centuries.”

David Rockefeller… Baden-Baden, Germany 1991 (Bilderberg conferentie)

By Frans J. M. Hendriks | April 30, 2009 7:30 PM

Most heartfelt condolences to those families of the slain in this tradegy. Toronto, Canada.

By R. Hewitt | April 30, 2009 7:31 PM

My heart goes out to all the people of the beautiful Netherlands at this unbelievably tragic and shocking time.

By Vera Pazzi (South Africa) | April 30, 2009 8:08 PM

This driver is for sure a madman. I mean, which normal man would want to harm such an important and powerful person as Queen Beatrix ...

By visitor | April 30, 2009 8:16 PM

Dear Dutch People,
I send you my condolences for this irrational fact. I could enjoy "30th of April" in Amsterdam, many years ago, but today I feel so sad.
A very big kiss for all Dutch People from Gran Canaria (Canary Islands)

By Miguel Rodríguez | April 30, 2009 8:31 PM

To all who are grieving,
My thoughts are with you this evening and my heart cries for your loss. A selfish act by someone who has no idea of the absolute pain losing a loved one has and an act that was not necessary.
Marion van Spronsen, Cape Town, South Africa.

By Marion van Spronsen | April 30, 2009 8:53 PM

It's a shocking event on such a funful day. Condolences to the deceased and Thank God that the Royal Family is sound and healthy. God Bless

By S Arora | April 30, 2009 9:03 PM

Dear people of Holland,
Don't be afraid if I am writing since Mexico (because of the swine flu). I really regret what happened during the Queen's Day Celebrations in Apeldoorn.
God protects us all of people like the mad driver.

By Leticia Chávez | April 30, 2009 9:10 PM

To the people of Netherlands and Her Majesty
I am deeply shocked by this tragic event. I believe that real comfort comes from the almighty God, and I pray for God to send you his comfort.

By Fasil | April 30, 2009 11:02 PM

Hello People of Holland my name is Ashley Henken and my grandfathers family is dutch so to hear about this crash upsets me for the people who got hurt and im glad to hear that the royal family is okay.If anyone knows if anyone in my family is hurt please contact me my email is AshleyCeline93@aol.com

By Ashley Henken | April 30, 2009 11:10 PM

Dear friends i wish to send condolences to all u and your royal family,my god be with u.

Goran from Croatia

By Goran | April 30, 2009 11:37 PM

This is a terrible and savage act. May the Lord's peace be with the victims and their families. Condolences to the Dutch people from Bulgaria!

By Peter | April 30, 2009 11:57 PM

It is kind of scary to think that this could have been a lot worse, considering that the car was really close to the royal bus, so he could have easily killed all the royal family if he would have crashed his car fulled of explosives or aimed directly to the bus. I hope this never happens again.

By john draffs | April 30, 2009 11:57 PM

Shocking and sad news. The Netherlands did not deserve a Queen's Day like that. Our feelings go for those who died and are injured.
Damasceno Family, Sao Paulo, Brazil

By Damasceno Family | May 1, 2009 12:00 AM

Our deepest condololences... It's really a shame and we felt so sad when we heard the news this morning...

We're praying for you..
Modi and Joyce from Toronto, Canada

By Modi | May 1, 2009 2:43 AM

To all my brothers and sisters in The Netherlands, I send you my heartfelt condolences. Whether or not you suffer at the hands of sinister people, as on September 11, 2001, or at the hands of mentally ill people, the awful result is the same. I am trying to stretch my mind to find the right words to comfort you, but they really don't exist. Instead, I hope you know there are people in the world who have suffered similar tragedies, and our thoughts, emotions, and minds are with you now. Far away in America, I hurt very deeply for you and with you because of this awful circumstance. But I tell you, however, not to give up hope on your fellow countrymen; grieve now for those who died and were injured, and then redouble your efforts for building an optimistic, constructive, and positive society as time moves on. I, for one, love you and am with you in my heart, and I pray for understanding and peace from this terrible event.

Will L.

By Will L. | May 1, 2009 3:11 AM

Our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families of today's coward acts. We should strongly condemn such mad acts during great events like queens day.

By Ram Bahadur Chhetri | May 1, 2009 3:25 AM

I am deeply saddened by what has happened there and also grieve with the families and the people of the Netherlands. My dear friend Simon, who is Dutch, and I yearly discuss the excitement that surrounds Queen's Day. I'm so sorry this has happened. My condolences.

Karen, from North Little Rock, AR USA

By Karen | May 1, 2009 4:02 AM

It's a tragedy that a day of celebrations had turned out to be a sad day in Netherlands history. My heartfelt condolences to the families of those whom are affected by this horrible act, to the royal family and to the people of Netherlands.

Gaya from Australia

By Gaya St George | May 1, 2009 4:47 AM

condolences to all people in Netherland

By Thai | May 1, 2009 5:21 AM

the netherlands did not deserve a queen s day like that.i feel so sad about this news.i am very up set what happen and why?

By shahzad ahmad qureshi | May 1, 2009 7:30 AM

Dear friends I wish to send condolences to all of you and your royal family.
Keep Amsterdam in peace!

Milan from Serbia.

By Milan Vasic | May 1, 2009 7:43 AM

What possesses someone to do this - what is usually a day of celebration and loads of fun for the people of the Netherlands, and expats, ended in such tragedy. My deepest condolences to those who lost loved one's
(south africa)

By A sad day for Holland | May 1, 2009 8:36 AM

Naturally, condolences to victims and their relatives, its a very unfortunate day for the Netherlands and its Royal family. The questions which the news reporter should ask on behalf of the public are ?
1. Where were the police personnel who were suppose to oversee the whole event ?
2. Where were the security personnel ?
3. Its regretable that the focus is subjectively on imaginary threats from non-dutch or non-caucasians dutch citizens, and as a direct result the police and security personnel tend to overlook the the potential threats from their own kind. The lessons to be learnt from this unfortunate and tragic event, are that in future the security and police personnel should focus their attention on all threats (including their own kind) and not just focus only on imaginary threats in the relms of hollywood and TV movies (illconceived by or by fancy speculation during office-overtime/pub happy-hours), and unjustifiably contributed to innocent non-dutch and non-caucasian citizens. Imaginary misguided suspicion and mistrust among international communities in the same society is counterproductive and also not healthy in the longterm for the common progress of any society.

By Small Brother | May 1, 2009 11:51 AM

I am so sad and shocked about the assassination which happened yesterday in the Netherlands before or during celebrations for the queen's day. I feel with my friends from the Netherlands and Curacao and I am deeply touched. I herewith want to express my condolences for the people who lost their lives in this stupid and cruel act.

Stephan Aumann
Hamburg/Germany

By Stephan Aumann | May 1, 2009 11:55 AM

Dear Citizens , Expats , Dutch Royal Family and Friends of Holland,

Our sincerest condolences to the victims of this senseless attack and to an degree loss of innocence in such a warm friendly nation from all your friends Down Under. Keep strong and makes us believe there are still places on this earth where people are full of good. This just doesn't happen in Holland ! You're in our thoughts and prayers.

Jaye in Oz

By Jaye Matthews | May 1, 2009 2:15 PM

Extending deepest sympathy at this tragic event.
Priscilla Young/South Dakota/USA

By Priscilla Young | May 1, 2009 4:31 PM

We feel deeply saddened by this heart-rending tragedy that has taken place. May God provide added comforts and strength. We send our sincerest sympathies for all of you, along with all the victims, their families, and friends. The Gentry Family from Arizona (USA)

By The Gentry Family | May 2, 2009 4:31 AM

What a tragic ending to such a happy occasion. A momentous day the people of the Netherlands,look so forward to, where they show their support,love and gratitude to the the Royal Family. Our hearts go out to the Royal family.
Our heartfelt condolences to the families who lost their loved ones so tragically. You are all in our prayers.

By Karen | May 2, 2009 10:20 AM

Dear Friends in Netherlands,
As a Turkish citizen who had one day of pleasure to visit your beatiful country, i want to say this point is where the word to say ends. There is no word to explain what happened. Thats why i hope the time heals all the pains.
With love and shared thought...

By Cagatay Arslan | May 2, 2009 8:25 PM

My condolences to the families of the victims.
This was always such a special day for the Dutch people and of course the Royal house.
( a note to Small Brother... what KIND do you mean?)

By Betty | May 2, 2009 9:54 PM

Their is no such thing as royalty.
Its time to grow up humanity.
We are all equal- we are all majestic or none of us are.

By People | May 14, 2009 6:14 PM