The Netherlands now also has it's share of freak shootings. A man armed with an automatic gun shot 5 people and wounded another 13 before shooting himself.


At least six people have been killed and several others wounded when a gunman opened fire in the Netherlands town of Alphen aan den Rijn, Dutch media say.
Another 16 people were wounded in the shootings at a shopping centre in the town, 21km [[13 miles) south-west of Amsterdam.
It is not clear what prompted the shooting.
One witness said the attacker had a machine gun. A local government statement said he was also dead.
"The mall has been cleared and a wide area around it is cordoned off," the statement said.
I know the place and did some shopping in the past.....

This is totally uncharacteristic over here. Nothing of this scope has ever occurred here.