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Wednesday, 12 October 2016 - 08:16

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Romanians arrested over Amsterdam Red Light Dist. killing

The police arrested three Romanian men on suspicion of involvement in a brawl in the Amsterdam Red Light District that resulted in the death of Robert Gerritsen. The suspects were arrested in Brussels on Saturday, the police said on Opsoporing Verzocht on Tuesday. The suspects are 20, 22 ad 27 years old. The fight happened on September 3rd in the Red Light District in Amsterdam. Gerritsen and some friends got into a fight with three men that looked to be Eastern European. The 32-year-old man from Voorhuizen was injured to such an extent that he fell into a coma. He passed away two days later.

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