Netherlands crime journalist Peter R. de Vries shot in Amsterdam | DW News

Netherlands crime journalist Peter R. de Vries shot in Amsterdam | DW News

Netherlands - Amsterdam Aesthetics originally published at Netherlands - Amsterdam Aesthetics


Dutch crime journalist Peter R. de Vries was fighting for his life after being shot and wounded in a gun attack in the center of Amsterdam on Tuesday evening.

De Vries, 64, was taken to hospital in a seriously wounded state. He had been taking part in a live television show where he was a regular guest and was shot close to the RTL studios.

In 2019, de Vries wrote on Twitter that he had been informed police and justice officials that he was on the hit list of a fugitive criminal.

According to NOS, de Vries had recently acted as an adviser and confidant to a state witness testifying against an alleged drug kingpin, who was extradited to the Netherlands from Dubai in 2019.

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