List of mass shootings in the Netherlands

This article is a list of mass shootings in the Netherlands, including its constituent countries and special municipalities in the Dutch Caribbean. Mass shootings are firearm-related violence with at least four casualties.

The data includes casualties of perpetrators, including self-inflicted gunshot or shooting of a perpetrator by police. The treatment of perpetrator casualties is at variance to some but not all definitions of a mass shooting used in the United States. The inclusion of injured victims in the data is also at variance with some of the US definitions that only include dead victims. However, the above treatment is consistent with that used in other Wikipedia lists of mass shootings by country.

21st century

Date Location Dead Injured Total Description
18 February 2025 Sint Maarten 0 4 4 Police found three people with gunshot wounds. A fourth person wounded in the same incident transported themselves to the hospital.[1]
28 July 2024 Sint Maarten 0 5 5 Five people were injured, including musician Plumpy Boss, in a shooting at a concert.[2]
14 April 2024 Sint Maarten 1 3 4 A man was killed and three other people wounded near a nightclub.[3]
6 May 2022 Alblasserdam 2 2 4 A man opened fire at a care farm in Alblasserdam, killing a 34 year old woman and a 16 year old girl and wounding a 12 year old boy and a 20 year old woman. After fleeing, he was arrested in a nearby park.[4]
18 March 2019 Utrecht 4 2 6 Utrecht tram shooting: A man shot 6 people on a tram in Utrecht in an act of Islamic extremism.[5][6]
13 November 2018 Enschede 4 0 4 Gang related shooting.[7]
7 August 2017 Curacao 4 6 10 Gang related shooting.[8]
9 November 2014 Amsterdam 0 4 4 A shooter wounded four people at a café in Amsterdam-Zuidoost.[9]
15 July 2014 Curaçao 2 7 9 Two gang members were killed and seven bystanders wounded in a drive-by shooting at Curaçao International Airport.[10]
16 May 2011 Zwijndrecht 3 1 4 A man shot and killed his ex-partner, her mother and her sister. The ex-partners father was injured in the attack. The man had shot and killed another ex-partner four days before on May 12, 2011.[11][12]
9 April 2011 Alphen aan den Rijn 7[n 1] 17 24 Alphen aan den Rijn shopping mall shooting: A gunman opened fire in a shopping mall resulting in seven deaths, including the gunman. Three other malls were evacuated after a note written by the gunman stated that explosives were planted there.[13]
11 April 2009 Rotterdam 1 3 4 A man shot at people inside a café after being kicked out, killing one person and wounding three others before being overpowered.[14]
18 November 2005 Rotterdam 3 1 4 Robbery of cafe.[15][16]

20th century

Date Location Dead Injured Total Description
7 December 1999 Veghel 0 5 5 A 17-year-old student opened fire in a computer room at ROC De Leijgraaf in an attempted honor killing, wounding a teacher and four students.[17]
30 November 1996 Rembrandtplein 1 4 5 Gang related shooting.[18]
5 April 1983 Delft 6 4 10 A man opened fire in a café and killed six people, including a child, and wounded four others.[19]
23 May 1977 De Punt 8[n 1] 6 14 1977 Dutch train hijacking: A train was hijacked by nine armed Moluccan nationalists and took over 50 people are taken hostage. The hijacking lasted 20 days and ended with a raid by Dutch counter-terrorist special forces, during the shootout two hostages and six hijackers were killed.[20][21][22]
7 May 1945 Amsterdam 32+ 100+ 132+ 1945 shooting on Dam square, Amsterdam: During the liberation of Amsterdam on 7 May 1945, in the last days of World War II, German soldiers fired machine guns into a large crowd gathered on Dam square to celebrate the end of the war, killing over 30 people.[23][24][25]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Including the perpetrator or suspect

References

  1. ^ "Sint Maarten: quatre personnes blessées par balle". Journal Le Pélican à Saint-Martin (in French). 19 February 2025. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Cinq personnes blessées dans une fusillade à Maho". Journal Le Pélican à Saint-Martin (in French). 29 July 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  3. ^ Rosaz, Karim (15 April 2024). "Simpson Bay: un homme tué par balle et trois personnes blessées". Journal Le Pélican à Saint-Martin (in French). Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Shooting at Dutch day care for disabled kids leaves 2 dead". New York Post. 6 May 2022.
  5. ^ "LIVE: Rutte legt bloemen, Tanis uiterlijk vrijdag voor rechter, "Utrecht, stay strong"". RTV Utrecht (in Dutch). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Dutch Court Convicts Man in Deadly Tram Terrorist Attack". The New York Times. 20 March 2020. ISSN 0362-4331.
  7. ^ "Veroordeelde dader komt met alternatief scenario growshopmoorden". nos.nl (in Dutch). 23 February 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  8. ^ "Four dead and six injured in Curacao shooting". Algemeen Dagblad. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  9. ^ "Schietpartij in Amsterdams café". nos.nl (in Dutch). 9 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  10. ^ "Zware straffen schietpartij vliegveld Curaçao". AD. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  11. ^ "Rechtspraak Mededeling". mededeling.rechtspraak.nl. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  12. ^ "Leyla Achoendova - Moordzaken.com". moordzaken.com. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  13. ^ "Gunman kills six in Netherlands shopping centre". BBC News. 9 April 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  14. ^ Meeteren, Aries van (11 April 2009). "Dode bij schietpartij in Rotterdams café". www.rijnmond.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  15. ^ "Three life sentences for Rotterdam café murders". nu.nl. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  16. ^ Visscher, J. (7 March 2014). "Digibron.nl, Voor altijd vast". Digibron.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  17. ^ Verkuijlen, Jos; Triki, Ferenc (7 December 2024). "25 jaar na schietpartij op mbo-school is de impact nog altijd heel groot". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  18. ^ "One dead and four injured in shooting". De Volkskrant. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  19. ^ "Rechter moet opnieuw kijken naar gratieverzoek Delftse caféschutter". nos.nl (in Dutch). 6 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  20. ^ van Lent, Niek (29 November 2017). "Wat gebeurde er tijdens de Molukse treinkaping bij De Punt?" [What happened during the Moluccan train hijacking at De Punt?]. NPO Kennis (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  21. ^ "Hoe Nederland wekenlang zijn adem inhield bij treinkaping De Punt" [How the Netherlands held its breath for weeks at the De Punt train hijacking]. NOS (in Dutch). 29 May 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  22. ^ "The Royal Dutch Marines". Special Forces: Untold Stories. Season 1. Episode 2. 12 April 2002. TLC. Retrieved 31 July 2024 – via YouTube.
  23. ^ "Amsterdam, '7 mei 1945'", National Comité 4 en 5 mei (Dutch)
  24. ^ Stichting Memorial voor Damslachtoffers 7 mei 1945
  25. ^ "The events of May 1945 in chronological order", Stichting Memorial voor Damslachtoffers 7 mei 1945
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