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The shooting of a journalist – and the dark world of Dutch organised crime

8 July 2021

1:05 AM

8 July 2021

1:05 AM

In an attack that has rocked the Netherlands, a leading Dutch crime reporter is fighting for his life in hospital after being shot in broad daylight.

Last night, at around 7.30 p.m., the investigative crime journalist Peter R De Vries was shot five times on a busy street in central Amsterdam after leaving a television studio where he was recording a talk-show.

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