“Serious threat” forces evacuation of TV studio linked to De Vries shooting
3 years, 6 months ago

“Serious threat” forces evacuation of TV studio linked to De Vries shooting

NL Times  

The Amsterdam television studio where RTL Boulevard is produced was evacuated on Saturday in response to unspecified threats that were made, the program announced on its website. Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries was shot in the head on Tuesday while walking to his car after appearing on the show. The city said it has stepped up protection in the area since De Vries was shot on Lange Leidsedwarsstraat a short distance away. "Visible and invisible measures are being taken at the studio on Leidseplein," a city spokesperson told RTL Nieuws After he was shot on Tuesday, De Vries was taken by ambulance to an area hospital in critical condition.

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One-year anniversary of Peter R. de Vries shooting
2 years, 6 months ago

One-year anniversary of Peter R. de Vries shooting

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Today marks the one-year anniversary of crime reporter Peter R. de Vries being gunned down in Amsterdam. The police arrested two suspects shortly after the shooting, suspected shooter Delano G. and suspected getaway driver and reconnaissance person Kamil E. The Public Prosecution Service recently demanded life in prison against the two of them. Krystian M. is suspected of orchestrating De …

Filming of shot Peter R. de Vries was planned: report
3 years, 5 months ago

Filming of shot Peter R. de Vries was planned: report

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The police believe that two men were standing ready and waiting for Peter R. de Vries to be shot, so that they could film his body and post it on the internet, sources close to the investigation told newspaper AD. Surveillance camera footage from cafes on the street show two men in gray calmly follow De Vries as he left …

Crime reporter Peter R. de Vries dies from injuries in Amsterdam shooting
3 years, 5 months ago

Crime reporter Peter R. de Vries dies from injuries in Amsterdam shooting

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Dutch journalist Peter R. de Vries died on Thursday in a hospital from injuries sustained in an assassination attempt on July 6. "This is an indescribably great loss," said RTL Nederland and television producer Fremantle Nederland in a joint statement. Emergency services personnel quickly converged on the scene, and De Vries was transported in critical condition to an area hospital. …

RTL Boulevard broadcast canceled over fear for rocket launcher attack: report
3 years, 5 months ago

RTL Boulevard broadcast canceled over fear for rocket launcher attack: report

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The broadcast of RTL Boulevard was canceled on Sunday evening because authorities feared an attack with a rocket launcher or with automatic firearms on the program's studio on Leidseplein in Amsterdam, sources within the investigative authorities told NRC. According to the newspaper, there is discontent in the underworld about the media linking Tuesday's attack on crime writer Peter R. de …

RTL Boulevard studio temporarily relocates from Leidseplein after serious threats
3 years, 5 months ago

RTL Boulevard studio temporarily relocates from Leidseplein after serious threats

NL Times  

The live broadcasts from RTL Boulevard will no longer be broadcast from their studio at the Leidseplein in Amsterdam for the time being, the AD reported on Sunday. This has consequences for all news platforms in the Netherlands”, crime reporter John van den Heuvel said in an Instagram post on Saturday, “We will never be silent. Van den Heuvel has …

Peter R. de Vries still fighting for his life
3 years, 6 months ago

Peter R. de Vries still fighting for his life

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Peter R. de Vries was still fighting for his life in hospital on Wednesday evening, RTL program director Peter van der Vorst said in the RTL Boulevard broadcast. Van der Vorst called it "incredible" to be able to say that De Vries was still fighting. One local resident saw the attack through her window and ran to De Vries to …

YouTube removes videos of crime reporter's shooting; Royals "deeply shocked" by attack
3 years, 6 months ago

YouTube removes videos of crime reporter's shooting; Royals "deeply shocked" by attack

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Video streaming platform YouTube started actively removing videos showing the shooting of Peter R. de Vries. The Dutch Royals released a statement saying that they were "deeply shocked" by the attack on De Vries. De Vries faced threats from various sides, but he did not want extra security around him, his colleague Kees van der Spek said on talk show …

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