<![CDATA[Oof. I like posting about weird Dutch crime for English-speakers, but this one’s tragic and a real dark corner of social media]]>Oof. I like posting about weird Dutch crime for English-speakers, but this one’s tragic and a real dark corner of social media

back on New Year’s Day, two teenage boys were randomly gunned down here in Amsterdam. Syrian refugees, both of them. That was generally presumed to be fundamental to the motive, although why these boys at that time and place was not at all clear.

But no, the guy who shot them had no idea they were refugees. You see, the guy who shot them got a call. A very threatening call from, supposedly, a criminal. He got angry, told the criminal to “meet him at the bridge” to sort this out, and left the house with his gun that he had for some reason. (There’s very little gun violence in NL, but of course the illegal gun ownership rate is not literally zero.) And when he saw young men hanging out at the bridge, he panicked and shot them.

But the call was never from a real criminal making a real threat. There’s some Dutch live streamer who does prank calls, live on stream. And someone gave him the number of this guy and asked the streamer to give him a real scare.

So an unethical shock streamer scared a random guy into thinking his life was in immenent danger, and that guy had access to a gun, and two random kids got gunned down in the street for existing at the wrong time and place.

Link Preview Image
OM: grap van Youtubekanaal aanleiding doodschieten onschuldige Syrische jongens in park

OM: grap van Youtubekanaal aanleiding doodschieten onschuldige Syrische jongens in park

favicon

(www.at5.nl)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/0faedd33-2498-4eca-aea6-19cf3a2d808b/oof.-i-like-posting-about-weird-dutch-crime-for-english-speakers-but-this-one-s-tragic-and-a-real-dark-corner-of-social-mediaRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 04:11:46 GMTWed, 22 Apr 2026 14:48:27 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Oof. I like posting about weird Dutch crime for English-speakers, but this one’s tragic and a real dark corner of social media on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:48:47 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea
That is so tragic. I am so sorry for the familys of the kids.
But also for the gunner on some way.
He will carry that weight with him the rest of his life.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/Derek_DIY/statuses/116449851942171488https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/Derek_DIY/statuses/116449851942171488Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:48:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Oof. I like posting about weird Dutch crime for English-speakers, but this one’s tragic and a real dark corner of social media on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:21:48 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea Truth is stranger than fiction...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/stonebear2/statuses/116449745861051103https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/stonebear2/statuses/116449745861051103Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:21:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Oof. I like posting about weird Dutch crime for English-speakers, but this one’s tragic and a real dark corner of social media on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:18:25 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea fuuuuuuuck

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/TindrasGrove/statuses/116449260714451917https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/TindrasGrove/statuses/116449260714451917Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:18:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Oof. I like posting about weird Dutch crime for English-speakers, but this one’s tragic and a real dark corner of social media on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:57:46 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea

Murphy's Law, everything that could go wrong did go wrong.

1. The shooter believed the prank and acted upon it;
2. the shooter had access to a gun;
3. there were two kids on the bridge he chose to "meet the criminals";
4. he actually hit the two kids (he could have missed, as almost always happens with people without the proper training -- don't know if he had it).

Sometimes, the Universe just aligns for a streak of real bad luck.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.pt/users/ammdias/statuses/116449179476495058https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.pt/users/ammdias/statuses/116449179476495058Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:57:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Oof. I like posting about weird Dutch crime for English-speakers, but this one’s tragic and a real dark corner of social media on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:12:14 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea

thank you for the answer.

that is really sad.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/babblingaboutstuff/statuses/116449000471785279https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/babblingaboutstuff/statuses/116449000471785279Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:12:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Oof. I like posting about weird Dutch crime for English-speakers, but this one’s tragic and a real dark corner of social media on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:11:19 GMT]]>@babblingaboutstuff if the justice system knows, they didn’t disclose that to the news. but probably a classmate or guy down the street…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/0xabad1dea/statuses/116448996858901815https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/0xabad1dea/statuses/116448996858901815Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:11:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Oof. I like posting about weird Dutch crime for English-speakers, but this one’s tragic and a real dark corner of social media on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:10:02 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea

who was the person who wanted the guy to be scared?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/babblingaboutstuff/statuses/116448991781269850https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/babblingaboutstuff/statuses/116448991781269850Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:10:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Oof. I like posting about weird Dutch crime for English-speakers, but this one’s tragic and a real dark corner of social media on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:03:24 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea thats actually super morally complicated and really fucked up

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/angelthorns/statuses/116448965700836152https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/angelthorns/statuses/116448965700836152Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:03:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Oof. I like posting about weird Dutch crime for English-speakers, but this one’s tragic and a real dark corner of social media on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:00:28 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea My God. What a dreadful story. One hopes the authorities will throw the book at that wretched streamer.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/hedders/statuses/116448954206338156https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/hedders/statuses/116448954206338156Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:00:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Oof. I like posting about weird Dutch crime for English-speakers, but this one’s tragic and a real dark corner of social media on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:55:06 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea So the shooter thought they were criminals not because they were refugees, but because that's where he was expecting to meet with a criminal who wanted him dead?

Yeah... that streamer should absolutely be held responsible.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Epic_Null/statuses/116448933102622926https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Epic_Null/statuses/116448933102622926Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:55:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Oof. I like posting about weird Dutch crime for English-speakers, but this one’s tragic and a real dark corner of social media on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:54:58 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea wow truly tragic.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/ryan/statuses/116448932555244877https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/ryan/statuses/116448932555244877Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:54:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Oof. I like posting about weird Dutch crime for English-speakers, but this one’s tragic and a real dark corner of social media on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:50:22 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea jesus fucking christ. i hope that streamer goes to prison

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116448914462269744https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116448914462269744Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:50:22 GMT