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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Search Search: 'Desperate' driver in Dutch royal attack dies AFP - Saturday, May 2 THE HAGUE (AFP) - - A man who tried to ram his car into the Dutch royal family, killing six onlookers at a parade, died in hospital Friday as details emerged of how he lost his job and was about to lose his home. ADVERTISEMENT The driver, who has not been officially identified, died in hospital in the early hours from severe head trauma, as relatives of the six victims that he mowed down tried to come to terms with their loss. The tragedy, labelled "an act of despair" by newspapers, also prompted questions about royal security and whether there would have to be a rethink about staging the annual Queen's Day procession. Newspapers, displaying gruesome photographs of the aftermath of the attack, at the royal parade in the central city of Apeldoorn Thursday, said the man had recently lost his security guard job. "Recently, he informed me that he had been dismissed and could no longer pay the rent," landlord Sem Bosman told the mass market De Telegraaf newspaper. "He was due to have come today to transfer the keys to a new tenant." The 38-year-old was described by his former landlord and neighbours as quiet, solitary, friendly, soft-spoken and a "dark horse". The tragedy happened when the driver of a black Suzuki passenger car deliberately slammed his vehicle into Queen's Day party goers. The attack happened in full view of Queen Beatrix, Crown Prince Willem Alexander, his wife Maxima and other members of the royal family, who were in an open-top bus, which had been the target. The car missed the bus and rammed into the foot of a monument, leaving the dead and injured in its wake. Two men and two women died shortly after impact. Another man died in hospital later Thursday, followed overnight by the driver himself. Then on Friday afternoon, the defence ministry announced that a military policeman, 55-year-old Roel Nijenhuis, had died in hospital -- bringing the death toll to seven. Eight people were still in hospital, including one woman in a critical condition, said the Apeldoorn authorities. Two of those in hospital were children, both in a stable condition. Investigators said the man had told police his action had targetted the royal family. "The death of the suspect means the end of the criminal investigation against him," said prosecution service spokesman Wim de Bruin. But the state prosecutor later said he was keeping open the possibility that several people were involved in the incident, although there was not yet "any indication" to support that theory. Investigations so far had yielded no indication of terrorist links or a broader conspiracy. Dutch commentators, meanwhile, speculated whether Thursday's events would have to signal a change in the annual celebration of Queen's Day -- the birthday of Beatrix's mother Juliana. Hundreds of thousands of Dutch take to the streets on April 30 every year in orange wigs and elaborate hats to celebrate the event which is regarded as an opportunity for ordinary citizens to get close to the royal family. "A national illusion died on April 30, 2009: the accessibility of the Orange family on Queen's Day," lamented the Volkskrant newspaper, while the Algemeen Dagblad said the attack put the spotlight on royal security. "Queen's Day will never be the same again," it predicted. After the incident, 250 policemen were deployed at the scene and the justice and interior ministry said it had launched an independent enquiry on the security measures used during the event. The last serious attack on Dutch royalty was the assassination of Prince William I of Orange, founder of the House of Orange, in 1584. But the Netherlands' image as a safe refuge has twice been shaken in recent years. In 2002, the right-wing anti-immigration politician Pim Fortuyn was assassinated. Two years later, controversial filmmaker Theo van Gogh was also killed, allegedly by an Islamic extremist. This year's official celebrations were cancelled in the aftermath of Thursday's tragedy and the national flag was flown at half-mast at royal palaces and government buildings. On Friday, a long line of people queued to sign the register of condolences placed at the Apeldoorn city hall, while others laid flowers at the scene of the deaths. 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