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Wednesday, 2 November 2016 - 13:30

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Friends in fatal Amsterdam Red Light District fight now suspects

Five friends of Robert Gerritsen are now also being prosecuted for a fight in Amsterdam's Red Light District in which Gerritsen was killed, Het Parol reports.

Gerritsen was seriously injured in the fight on September 3rd. He died soon after of his injuries. He and five friends were involved in the fight with other men. The five friends are no facing charges of public violence. The police are questioning them.

Previously three Romanian men were arrested in Brussels and extradited to the Netherlands in connection with this fatal fight.

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