AMSTERDAM – Peter R. de Vries He did not make it. The Dutch investigative journalist is dead. This was reported by the Dutch media, recalling that the reporter expert in crimonology had been seriously wounded in the head by gunshots on 6 July. He was 64.
“Peter fought to the end but was unable to win the battle,” he announced Rtl, the Dutch network for which De Vries worked regularly, quoting the words of the family.
He died surrounded by loved ones who asked for privacy for them and De Vries’ partner “to process his death in peace”. “Peter lived for his beliefs: ‘There is no freedom on your knees’ ”, they said.” We are incredibly proud of him and at the same time inconsolable. “
De Vries, known and praised for his courageous reporting on the Dutch underworld, was killed on July 6 after one of his regular appearances on a current affairs television show. Two suspects were arrested for his murder. Dutch police said the perpetrators are a 21-year-old Dutchman and a 35-year-old Polish man living in the Netherlands.
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