Amsterdam: European leaders and parliamentarians expressed disappointment Wednesday and advocates demanding justice after a Dutch crime reporter veteran was shot at the head in downtown Amsterdam after TV appearance.
Peter R.
de Vries, a journalist celebrating for his brave reporting in Darworld Dutch, struggling for his life at Amsterdam Hospital after a Tuesday night shot.
Two suspects remained in detention on Wednesday, while the third person who was detained Tuesday night was released, according to the Dutch police statement.
The motive for the attack was not disclosed.
Supporters carry flowers to the scene, still covered by the police.
The shooting shocked the Dutch and pushed anger from the Dutch main officials, but also surprisingly chords elsewhere in Europe, where such attacks were rare and where the murder of journalists in Slovakia and Malta in recent years raised concerns about the safety of journalists in development.
Democratic society.
“We may not agree with the many we see in our media, but we must agree that journalists who investigate the potential of power abuse are not a threat but assets for our democracies and our society,” said the European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen to Parliament European Parliament Member Wednesday.
European council president Charles Michel called the shooting of “a crime against our fundamental value of press freedom.” De Vries, 64, has long been regarded as the target of criminals he might report.
Police and prosecutors refused to comment on whether he received police protection.
De Vries won the international Emmy in 2008 for television shows that he made about the loss of Asmale Holloway as he was on vacation on the Netherlands Caribbean Island Aruba in 2005.
Reporter Watchdog Media without the border “full solidarity” with De Vries’ family and all journalists The Netherlands on Wednesday, and asked them responsible for the shooting that would be taken to court.
Commissioner for human rights on the European Council, Dunja Mijatović, Tweet, “everything must be done to bring the perpetrators and the mastermind of this terrible crime for justice and ensure #safetyofjope.”