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Celebrity Dutch crime reporter Peter R.de Vries, known for his work in exposing the criminal underworld, was fighting for his life after being shot on an Amsterdam street, officials said on Tuesday. Three suspects were detained, including the possible shooter, police said.... A rare, courageous journalist who tirelessly sought justice.” Police cordoned off the area of the shooting near the downtown Leidseplein square.... They were collecting video footage, witness statements and forensic evide

AMSTERDAM( REUTERS)-Celebrity crime reporter Peter R.de Vries, known for his work in exposing the Dutch underworld, was shot and seriously wounded on a street in Amsterdam, police said on Tuesday( July 6).“ Peter R.de Vries was shot down in Lange Leidsedwarsstraat, ” police said in a statement, referring to a street near one of the city’s largest public squares, where he had been in a television studio earlier in the evening.He was taken to a nearby hospital in “ serious condition ”, the police

It was an unusually brutal attack on a journalist in the Netherlands.“ Peter R.de Vries is for all of us a national hero, an unusually courageous journalist, tirelessly seeking justice, ” Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said at a hastily convened news conference at the city’s police headquarters.... “ Today, justice in our country appears a long way off.... A brutal, cowardly crime has been committed, ” Halsema added. Advertisement Police Chief Frank Paauw said two suspects were detained, “ incl

They both were arrested shortly after De Vries was shot July 6 on an Amsterdam street after making one of his regular appearances on a Dutch television show.... He remains jailed while standing trial along with 16 other suspects. Prosecutors said that their investigations into who ordered De Vries’ murder is continuing.Be smart with your money.... Get the latest investing insights delivered right to your inbox three times a week, with the Globe Investor newsletter....

Dutch police said the suspected shooter is a 21-year-old Dutchman, and a 35-year-old Polish man living in the Netherlands is accused of driving the getaway car.... “ We are unbelievably proud of him and at the same time inconsolable.” De Vries had been fighting for his life in an Amsterdam hospital since the attack.... He had recently been an adviser and confidant for a witness in the trial of the alleged leader and other members of a crime gang that police described as an “ oiled killing mach

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