On this day, 26 years ago, on December 7, 1999 (October 30, 1999 in the lunar calendar), a school shooting occurred in the Netherlands, which aroused strong repercussions from society. A school shooting incident on December 7, 1999 broke the tranquility of Dutch social life and aroused strong repercussions. In recent days, the Dutch government, news media and some social groups have issued comments calling for strengthening gun management. The shooting occurred in the small town of Fehr in the southeastern Netherlands. At 2 p.m. on December 7, some students from the city's Dregraf Vocational Middle School were taking classes at the computer center as usual. Suddenly, a student came to the campus. He took out a pistol and opened fire into the classroom. With more than a dozen gunshots, four students and a teacher fell to the ground. Blood splattered in the classroom and broken glass pieces flew everywhere. With the ear-piercing screams, the students, who were stunned by the shock, finally understood what had happened. Then, some of them rushed for the door and fled, while some held their heads and hid under the table. The shooter standing outside the classroom calmly turned around and walked out of the school gate with his pistol in his hand. Outside the school gate, a middle-aged man was waiting for him in a Mercedes-Benz. The shooter got into the car and the car sped away. Later, people learned that the driver was the student's father. However, the father did not escape with his son, but sent him directly to the police station. Teachers and students at Dregraf Vocational High School never expected that someone would shoot a gun on campus. Many people initially thought that someone was setting off firecrackers. "It wasn't until there were shouts and cries all over the campus that I realized something terrible had happened," one student said. Another student said: "In the past, I always thought that this kind of thing would only happen in the United States. It's unbelievable that something like this could happen in a quiet town as Fehr." After the bloody incident, police cars and ambulances quickly drove into the school, and the four injured students and teachers were sent to nearby hospitals for emergency treatment. Fortunately, their lives are all out of danger. Dutch police estimated that this was a premeditated shooting and suspected that the shooter's father was the mastermind. On December 9, police detained the shooter and his father for review. According to reports, the student who caused the incident came from a Turkish immigrant family. His 15-year-old sister had been in love with another Turkish student at the school. The two later broke up, and the two families became enemies. In recent weeks, the perpetrators have repeatedly issued warnings to the Turkish young man. On the day of the accident, the police also received a call for help, but the police believed that the caller did not have the conditions to be protected. When commenting on the shooting, some Dutch newspapers talked about the shooter's immigrant background, believing that some immigrants often tried to resolve family disputes through force and expressed concern about the conflict between immigrant culture and Dutch society. According to reports, there are about 1300 Turkish immigrants in Fehr. After the incident, the local government strengthened its work on Turkish immigration organizations to prevent local citizens from becoming dissatisfied with immigrants. After the incident, Dutch media and social groups expressed concern about the increase in youth violence. Gun control laws in the Netherlands have always been very strict, and there are very few shootings in the country. This incident is the first school shooting in the Netherlands. However, in recent years, violent incidents involving young people using various weapons have begun to increase. According to statistics from the Dutch Ministry of Justice, there are about 20,000 to 25,000 violent conflicts in the Netherlands every year. About two-thirds of the people involved are young people under the age of 25, and many of them use weapons such as knives. Statistics show that 1/4 of Dutch high school students sometimes carry weapons such as knives, and almost 11% of students also carry such weapons at school. The principal of Dregraf Vocational High School admitted that many students had been found to bring knives to school. A student at the school said: "It's easy to get guns. As long as you have money, you can buy them on the black market." As for knives, almost all boys have knives on them." After the incident, many Dutch social groups asked the government to immediately launch an investigation and propose countermeasures. Last week, the Dutch Anti-Street Violence Group launched a large-scale nationwide campaign to turn in weapons, promoting that anyone who surrendered weapons during the event would be exempted from criminal prosecution. Dutch Justice Minister Kothar said he would consider whether to install metal detectors in schools to prevent students from bringing murder weapons into schools. He said the government must make efforts so that the Netherlands does not experience school shootings as frequent as the United States.