Dutch gunman identified by District Attorney

The gunman who killed seven people at a shooting near Amsterdam today has been identified under Dutch privacy laws as 24-year-old "Tristan van der V".

It was “all but certain” he acted alone, District Attorney Kitty Nooy said.

She said he was a native Dutchman from Alphen who had previous run-ins with the law, including an illegal weapons possession charge that was dropped. He had a gun license, Nooy said.

She said notes had been found in both the shooter’s house and his car, but she could not say whether they indicated a possible motive for the shootings and suicide – or whether they contained threats.

Fifteen people were injured, with children among the victims.

The attacker was among the dead after fatally shooting himself at the Ridderhof mall in Alphen aan den Rijn, mayor Bas Eenhoorn said. The suburb is less than 15 miles south-west of Amsterdam.