He is considered the leading crime reporter in the Netherlands – and an expert on organised crime: journalist Peter R. de Vries. Yesterday evening he was apparently assassinated. He was shot at in the street – in the centre of Amsterdam. De Vries suffers life-threatening injuries. Dutch Prime Minister Rutte spoke of an attack on free journalism. The police have already arrested three suspects.
The news program Tagesschau from the German first public TV channel ARD is reporting on the assassination of the famous Dutch crime reporter.
In this reportage a quote is used from an interview with Peter R. de Vries that Featurez organised for ARD/WDR documentaries about the Dutch role in organised crime.
This news reportage is published on the Featurez video page.