A 16-year-old boy opened fire at a primary school in the United States, killing three children and a member of teaching staff, according to NU. The shooting happened on Friday, October 16, 2026, Dutch outlets reported.
A teacher confronted the teenager physically before a parent of pupils shot him dead inside a classroom, NU reports. AD.nl gives the same account, describing the teacher as fighting the boy before the father intervened.
The death toll stands at five including the gunman, NRC reports. NU's headline refers to a teacher grappling with the shooter and a father of pupils killing him.
The reports do not name the school, the town or the people involved. They also give no detail on how the boy obtained the weapon or on his possible motive. Treat early casualty figures with care: the numbers above come from Dutch coverage of the incident, and US authorities had not been cited in the material available.
Dutch news outlets carried the story prominently through Saturday morning. NOS and the Reformatorisch Dagblad both listed the shooting among the day's main items, alongside domestic news on infrastructure funding and an EU summit.
Watch for official statements from US law enforcement and the school district, which should confirm the number of dead and wounded, identify the victims, and set out how the attack unfolded.