Another arrest for the murder of Peter R. de Vries

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NOS News•today, 17:17•Amended today, 6:08 PM

The police have arrested a man on suspicion of involvement in the preparation of the attack on Peter R. de Vries on July 6, 2021. He is the eighth suspect in the case.

The Public Prosecution Service only says about the identity of the man who has now been arrested that he has Dutch nationality. He was arrested today in Tilburg.

The man is only allowed to have contact with his lawyer. The police and the judiciary suspect that he is part of the “criminal collaboration” that was involved in the murder of De Vries, according to the OM. The OM does not want to disclose details.

Marengo

Crime reporter Peter R. de Vries was shot a year and a half ago in the center of Amsterdam. He died nine days later. De Vries is said to have been killed because he helped the key witness in the Marengo trial against Ridouan Taghi.

Less than an hour after the attack, Delano G. and Kamil E. were arrested on suspicion of committing the murder. The lawsuit against them has demanded life imprisonment. They deny committing the murder.

Seven of the eight suspects in the case are in custody. An overview:

On the day of the attack, the suspected perpetrators were arrested: Delano G. (23) is said to have fired and Kamil E. (36) is said to have driven the getaway car and conducted preliminary reconnaissance. The OM has demanded life imprisonment against them, but the case was reopened after a new witness pointed out more people involved.

Last summer, the arrests of Krystian M. (27), who allegedly organized the murder and directed the perpetrators, and of Erickson O. (28) and Gerower M. (26) followed. The latter two men are said to have made images of the attack on De Vries, according to justice to increase the shock. Christopher W. (27), a contact of the filmers, was also arrested. He spoke to them about the attack, but was in prison himself at the time. He was the only one released.

In September, Konrad W. (30) was arrested in Poland. He would have handed over the weapons to the perpetrators of the murder.

The court in Amsterdam restarted the case about the murder of De Vries on January 6 after it was decided in November to continue the two different investigations into the attack from now on. to be treated at the same time.

In the first case, the so-called Iraqlia case, G. and E. are on trial. The case was initially expected to be completed in the summer of 2022, but as new documents were added to the file, the case was reopened.

The other case is the investigation into the clients and others involved in the murder of De Vries. This criminal case was named Hendon.

De Vries was one of the most famous journalists in the Netherlands. Earlier we made this look back at his life:

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