Massacre at nursery in Belgium

[Karen]

I heard about that, and thought about you. They will all be in our prayers.

[lizbud]

I read about this yesterday morning. It is just to terrible for words.
Those poor babies.

[Medusa]

What an unimaginable tragedy.

[Taz_Zoee]

OMG, I am completely in tears. This is just too horrible. I can't even......I don't know what to say.
I just keep imagining when I worked in day care. Ugh, more tears......
All of these babies, care givers and families are in my thoughts.

[Daisy and Delilah]

What a sick piece of trash this guy is. The article says he wasn't on drugs. Perhaps he has a mental condition that needed proper medication. Could someone inside the daycare have known him to let him in so easily?

Rest in Peace Victims.

I am so sorry this happened. A senseless tragedy.

[Catty1]

The nursery will not reopen. People marched today, and left tributes...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...78ZiAD95UA3OG0

[Randi]

It's such a tragedy. The guy who did it had serious mental problems, he went there and said he wanted to ask a question. They let him in, even though he had painted his face white, and around his eyes, black.

My thoughts go the parents.

[Hellow]

That guy has extreme mental problems to do what he did. It enrages me to think of a man marching into a nursery, stabbing babies and their caretakers alike, both whom cannot defend themselves. He can go die in a hole along with all the others that have commited similar crimes .

My deepest condolences for the parents.

[beeniesmom]

I heard about that, and thought about you. They will all be in our prayers.

Me too. What a horrible tragedy.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Tha silent march yesterday was overwelming...!! So many adults and even more children put flowers and cuddly toys at the entrance of the nursery So sad...
In my opinion, most of people only mourn for the 3 victims who died. But I am sure that those who saw it and survived it (hurt or not) need even more sympathy! How on earth can f.e. a 1 or 2 year old kid cope with what they went through??? Will they ever fell safe again? Won't they be scared to death whenever they see a clown? Won't they be so scared whenever they see a big knife? They all saw how their little buddies and their caretakers got hurt and started bleeding.... . I pray that they will all be able to get over this and have a normal life (i DOUBT IT...).
The nursery will never reopen again; it would be to hard for everybody who got involved in this tragedy

[JenBKR]

Oh my gosh, what a horrible tragedy. I can't even imagine what those parents must be going through. How can someone do such a thing??? They will all be in my prayers.

[Taz_Zoee]

I can bet those parents of the surviving children will NEVER take their child to day care again, EVER! I know I wouldn't. Here you think your child is in a safe environment and something tragic like this happens. I still just can't imagine.

[lvpets2002]

I am just speechless.. That is so so Horrible.. Poor Babies..RIP Babies & your CareTaker..

I think they should take that Blank-E-Blank out & slowly start stabbing him till he bleeds to death.. See I am for An Eye for An Eye..

[Catty1]

Well, seems he stopped being "uncooperative" in this case, anyway.

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/0...n-daycare.html
Belgian admits to daycare killings, denies link to separate homicide
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 | 9:05 AM ET
CBC News

A young man who killed two babies and a nursing attendant in a stabbing rampage at a Belgian daycare has been linked to the slashing death of a grandmother.

Kim De Gelder, 20, is charged with killing a six-month-old boy, a nine-month-old girl and a 54-year-old caregiver last Friday at Fairyland nursery in the town of Dendermonde.

His lawyer Jaak Haentjens said De Gelder admits to the nursery killings, but denies involvement in the death of a 73-year-old grandmother on a remote farm the previous week.

De Gelder's motive for the nursery attack is unknown, Haentjens said.

"It remains a mystery," Haentjens said before his client appeared early Tuesday in front of a judge in Dendermonde. "I want to know why he did it. I am looking for the truth, whatever the truth may be."

"He obviously understands that he did something which is inhuman," said Haentjens, but he acknowledged that it was not clear whether his client felt any remorse.

Authorities said Gelder is a suspect in the elderly woman's death but has not officially been charged.

Investigators said they found blueprints in De Gelder's backpack of the nearby Sunshine and Toddler's Land nurseries, as well as an axe and knife.

De Gelder was placed on an energy-sustaining drip after refusing to speak or eat for three days, but began talking a bit on Monday.

He faces three murder charges and 12 attempted murder charges for the 10 children and two workers badly injured in Friday's attack.

When De Gelder entered the Fairyland nursery on Friday, witnesses said he only stated "I have a small question for you" before he began slashing his victims.

Then he calmly walked away and rode off on a bicycle before authorities arrested him outside Dendermonde, about 30 kilometres west of Brussels.

Belgian newspapers are referring to the young man as the "Joker" killer because he reportedly had painted his face white with black around the eyes. The Joker is the deranged villain in the latest Batman movie The Dark Knight and was played by late actor Heath Ledger.

Investigators said they found mascara in his backpack but it's not clear whether he intended to look like the Joker.

[Catty1]

Prayers for the anguished survivors and citizens of Belgium.

A series of photos:

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/sli...090123_belgium



Parents react as they leave a building where families received assistance near the scene of a knife attack at a creche in Dendermonde January 23, 2009.
REUTERS/Yves Herman