Famed Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries shot in head on Amsterdam street
Famed Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries is reportedly clinging to life after getting shot on an Amsterdam street on Tuesday.
De Vries, a celebrity in the Netherlands known for exposing
the criminal underworld, was blasted in the head shortly after leaving the
studio of Dutch broadcaster RTL, police officials and the media network said.
Three suspects, including the possible gunman, were detained
after the shooting, police said.
“He was seriously wounded and is fighting for his life,”
Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said in a televised news conference.
“He is a national hero to us all. A rare, courageous
journalist who tirelessly sought justice.”
De Vries, 64, frequently appears on crime shows in the
Netherlands and is a well-sourced reporter with contacts in both law
enforcement and the underworld.
He is well-known for his investigative work on the 1983
kidnapping of the beer magnate Freddy Heineken.
In 2008, he won an international Emmy Award for his work
investigating the 2005 disappearance of teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba.
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