Assassination attempt on journalist de Vries: details of the alleged perpetrators - rappers and boxers under suspicion

New details on the assassination attempt on the Dutch journalist Peter de Vries: A boxer is said to have driven the getaway car, a rapper shot.

Amsterdam - After the assassination attempt on the Dutch journalist Peter de Vries, the police quickly identified two suspects.

Now more details about the alleged perpetrators are known.

Assassination attempt on Peter de Vries: two suspects arrested - details are unclear

Two men were arrested just hours after the crime.

One of them, a 35-year-old Pole from the south-east of the Netherlands, is said to have been arrested for a short time only last week because of threats.

Both will be brought before the judge on Friday.

According to Dutch media reports, he is said to live in the province of Gerderland and be active as an amateur boxer.

The 35-year-old is said to have driven the getaway car, a silver Renault, that could be parked on a Dutch motorway.

The police were able to park the car in a timely manner, as they quickly knew the license plate number by evaluating evidence from witnesses and a surveillance camera.

The lane led to the A4 via the license plate recognition system.

Assassination attempt on Peter de Vries: did a rapper shoot the Dutch journalist?

The main suspect is a 21-year-old from Rotterdam. He is said to have fired the five shots at de Vries, one of which hit the journalist in the head. De Vries is still in mortal danger two days after the attack. He was active in the process of an influential drug lord who operated in particular in the port of Rotterdam. So far, two people have been murdered during the negotiations: the attorney for the key witness and his brother. Now it was apparently supposed to hit de Vries.

To what extent the two suspects are connected to the process is currently unclear. What is certain is that the 21-year-old has a connection to Gerderland like his partner. He is said to have run a music label there and performed as a rapper. He is said to have been noticed repeatedly with criminal offenses in the past. The homes of the two alleged bombers were searched and the police confiscated ammunition and data carriers.