The mall remained open all along, but shopkeepers complained that customers were staying away because no one knew what was going on. The police did not want to say anything for hours other than that they had received a report of ‘an imminent situation’ via 112. It wasn’t until around 9:30 p.m. that the police said no suspicious circumstances had been found.
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The police investigation now focuses on the question of who made the 112 report. The police state that they take such reports extremely seriously and that is why they scaled up so large.
shooting 2011
It may play a role that De Ridderhof is the shopping center where 11 years ago the then 24-year-old Tristan van der Vlis shot six random people and injured 17, after which he killed himself. VanderVlis. struggled with psychological problems, but it was never quite clear what his motive was.
Last year, that shooting was still commemorated:
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