Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
Gavel
Gavel - Credit: Brian Turner / Flickr - License: CC-BY
Crime
Ridderhof
Ridderhof shooting
compensation
negligence
mall shooting
mass murder
Tristan van der Vlis
alphen aan den rijn
Adem Aksoy
Lionel Lalji
Monday, 20 February 2017 - 11:55
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Dutch mall shooting victims suing perpetrator's parents

Victims of a shooting in the Ridderhof mall in Alphen aan den Rijn almost six years ago, are suing gunman Tristan van der Vlis's parents for compensation. They believe the parents deserve part of the blame for ignoring the signs that their son was derailing, AD reports.

On April 9th, 2011 Tristan van der Vlis opened fire in the Ridderhof mall in Alphen aan den Rijn. He killed 6 people and wounded 17 others before turning the gun on himself. Thirteen of the victims who survived the attack are now suing the young man's parents, with the help of lawyer Lionel Lalji. They feel that the parents should have intervened before the situation turned into mass murder. The lawyer will focus on the parents' negligence to try and get compensation for the victims from the parents' insurance.

Adem Aksoy, one of the victims, is still reminded of the horrible incident every day. He was shot in the abdomen and managed to flee while Van der Vlis was reloading his weapon. "At company parties you are introduced as 'that guy from the shooting in Alphen'. People always want to talk to you about it. And every year, leading up to April 9th, the media calls again. I will always be confronted by this", he said to AD. "Fearing damage claims, everyone pushed the guilt to another. Excuses were never made. I want them, for closure."

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Eredivisie: PSV and Ajax win comfortably
  • Ter Apel asylum seekers spend another night outdoors, COA unable to find beds
  • Community service for rioters at Zwolle farmers’ protest
  • Solar panel waiting time stretches to six months; Heat pump delays rising
  • Dutch holidaymakers see more fatal accidents this year
  • Camil A., convicted in quadruple murder, dies in prison

Top stories

  • Officially warmest August 14 since measurements began
  • NS on track for record year of delays, malfunctions; Plans underway for faster Airport Sprinter
  • Dutch publisher to reprint Rushdie's 'Satanic Verses'
  • Body of missing Overveen swimmer found; Man dies while swimming in in Haringvliet
  • Netherlands sees first official heat wave in two years, municipalities unprepared
  • Body found in water in Venlo, police investigate cause of death

© 2012-2022, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content