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November 4, 2005

A spookier Halloween than originally thought

Miereet's former lawyer Evert Hingst was murdered on Monday evening in Amsterdam. He was shot by an automatic weapon outisde his home on the Gerrit van der Veenstraat in Amsterdam.

As with many previous criminal "hits" in the Netherlands, the killers showed little or no regard for innocent bystanders.

"This shooting took place in the middle of the Amsterdam Zuid Halloween trick or treat route," expat Keren Davis told Expatica.

"Hundreds of expat children and their parents were out on the streets around and about as this happened. The British school was on holiday, but the International School had several children affected."

From Expatica.com

I'm glad we called it an early night. I wouldn't have known this happened except for one of the mom's emailed me saying she hoped I had avoided "the awful murder." The book I'm reading "My 'Dam Life" talks about the mafia in Amsterdam but I didn't take it too seriously.

Posted by jana at November 4, 2005 6:42 AM