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At around 19.30 Amsterdam time, 13.30 New York time, just after he was left the television studio of RTL Boulevard (a show he is often on) Peter R. de Vries was walking to the parking structure where he had left his car. A gunman shot the 64 year old journalist in the head, the gunman shot 5 bullets at him. How many times he was struck is not known, but he is fighting for his life in hospital.
Immediately after the shooting a NL alert was sent out with the description of the gunman and a short time later a getaway car was stopped on the freeway and two people were arrested in connection with the shooting and sometime later a third suspect was arrested.
De Vries was known for being friendly with one or more kidnappers of Heineken. Later he fell out with one of the biggest criminals in the country known as "the nose". He has been threatened often but refused (as far as we know) personal protection by the police.
He is known in the US possibly for his hunting down of the presumed killer of Natalee Holloway.
In the Netherlands at this time there is a trail going on called the Marengo trial in which Ridouan T. is being prosecuted for being a crime boss, killings for hire and all other kinds of criminal acts. The man was arrested in the Middle East where he thought he had gotten out of the hands of Dutch justice but he was declared an unwanted foreigner and brought back to the Netherlands.
At this moment little is known, the police/prosecution/mayor had a press conference to give out some information (mentioned above) and afterwards our version of the attorney journal and the prime minister held a short press conference.
More will hopefully get known but the situation is grave, he was given CPR at the scene and on video's and pictures on social media/the internet show that is very bloody and very disturbing material.
Immediately after the shooting a NL alert was sent out with the description of the gunman and a short time later a getaway car was stopped on the freeway and two people were arrested in connection with the shooting and sometime later a third suspect was arrested.
De Vries was known for being friendly with one or more kidnappers of Heineken. Later he fell out with one of the biggest criminals in the country known as "the nose". He has been threatened often but refused (as far as we know) personal protection by the police.
He is known in the US possibly for his hunting down of the presumed killer of Natalee Holloway.
In the Netherlands at this time there is a trail going on called the Marengo trial in which Ridouan T. is being prosecuted for being a crime boss, killings for hire and all other kinds of criminal acts. The man was arrested in the Middle East where he thought he had gotten out of the hands of Dutch justice but he was declared an unwanted foreigner and brought back to the Netherlands.
At this moment little is known, the police/prosecution/mayor had a press conference to give out some information (mentioned above) and afterwards our version of the attorney journal and the prime minister held a short press conference.
More will hopefully get known but the situation is grave, he was given CPR at the scene and on video's and pictures on social media/the internet show that is very bloody and very disturbing material.