The suspect of the shooting at the care farm in Alblasserdam sent an email to television program just before the shooting. RTL Boulevard† The Public Prosecution Service confirms this on Saturday evening, following a report by RTL News†
According to RTL, it concerns an email from 38-year-old John S., who would have written to the editors that he had been struggling with psychological problems for some time, that he was not properly helped before and that he acted out of “pure despair and desperation.” ”. S. also confessed to another murder in the letter, namely of a 60-year-old man from Vlissingen. The Public Prosecution Service also has the e-mail in their hands, but cannot make any statements about its content, because it is part of the criminal investigation.
S. is said to have sent the email a few minutes before the shooting, which took place around 11 am on Friday morning, in which two people were killed. The shooting itself was not announced in the letter. According to RTL, S. does write about the frustrations and hatred he felt, and about his attempts to be admitted to a clinic. „For five years I tell general practitioners and [de] mental health care about my obsession to buy a firearm. I have been looking for this in other countries but have never dared to take a step. Until a few weeks ago.”
Shopkeeper
S. would also have placed a number of photos of a killed victim of another shooting with the e-mail: a 60-year-old shopkeeper from Vlissingen. This man was found dead in his own case on Wednesday. According to S. he was a random victim. They would have met through a chat room and S. said he killed him, among other things, to test his weapon.
A 34-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl were killed and two others seriously injured in the shooting at a care farm in Alblasserdam on Friday morning. At the time of the shooting, according to the police, “about twenty” people, such as clients and supervisors, were present. The perpetrator managed to escape, but some time after the incident, the police managed to arrest someone.
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