FILE PHOTO: Police officers conduct a search in the area where Dutch celebrity crime reporter Peter R. de Vries, known for his reporting on some of the most renowned criminals in the Netherlands, was reportedly shot and seriously injured, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 6, 2021. REUTERS/Eva Plevier
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands' King Willem-Alexander on Wednesday condemned the shooting of journalist Peter R. de Vries as an attack on democracy that had shocked him deeply, leading tributes to the country's best-known crime reporter.
De Vries, the winner of an international Emmy award for his work investigating the disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005, was shot on an Amsterdam street on Tuesday evening.
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