Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries
Dutch media reported on Thursday that Dutch crime reporter Peter R. De Vries was shot dead in broad daylight in Amsterdam last week. He was seriously injured and died in a hospital.
Nine days ago, the 64-year-old famous investigative journalist and commentator De Vries was shot at least five times while leaving a TV studio near the center of the Dutch capital.
He was taken to the hospital and he has been fighting for his life ever since.
His family said in a statement to RTL Commercial Broadcasting Corporation:
Peter fought until the end, but he had already lost the battle.
“When he died, he was surrounded by people who loved him,” they added, adding that the funeral has not yet been scheduled.
De Vries first gained fame for his internal reports on the kidnapping of Heineken millionaire Freddy Heineken in 1983, and he recently participated in a court case against one of the country’s most wanted drug lords.
What fighters. For the unfamiliar, the Dutch journalist Peter R. de Vries fought a life-long, unparalleled battle for justice: releasing innocent prisoners after decades and solving decades of crime, usually young victims . In famous words, “He saw the mistakes and tried to correct them.” pic.twitter.com/NP3TtQXTKt
— David de Bruin (@dmdebruijn) July 15, 2021
The attack on De Vries sparked widespread condemnation, and Charles Michel, the top European official, called it “an attack on our values.”
The two suspects were arrested shortly after the shooting and appeared briefly in court last Friday.
They are still in detention.
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