Shooting suspect at NDSM quay remanded for three months
The court has extended the 37-year-old suspect’s detention by ninety days.
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The suspect in the fatal shooting at the NDSM quay in Amsterdam will remain in custody for another three months. He is suspected of murdering a 61-year-old man who previously worked at a prison where the suspect was detained.
The Amsterdam court extended the suspect’s pre-trial detention by ninety days on Tuesday, the Public Prosecution Service reported via ANP. The suspect is accused of shooting a man dead on 25 September on a terrace at the NDSM quay. The court has not yet ruled on the suspect’s guilt.
According to the Public Prosecution Service, the suspect and the victim knew each other from the prison in Zaanstad. The victim worked there when the suspect was detained there several years ago. Detectives are investigating whether an event from that period prompted the conflict. No definitive conclusion has yet been announced about a possible motive.
The suspect was arrested shortly after the incident. The Public Prosecution Service previously reported that he was initially held under full restrictions, meaning he was only allowed contact with his lawyer. Those restrictions were later lifted. The extension of the detention means the investigation can continue while the suspect remains in custody.
In pre-trial detention proceedings, the judge does not determine whether someone is definitively guilty, but whether there is sufficient suspicion and legal grounds to hold the suspect for longer. The Public Prosecution Service and the defence may then face each other again during further hearings. The substantive hearing of the criminal case will follow only later.
The Public Prosecution Service has not disclosed details of all the investigation’s findings. It has established, however, that according to the Public Prosecution Service the case was not a random attack, because the suspect and the victim knew each other. The further reconstruction, the precise cause and the assessment of the evidence will form part of the criminal proceedings.
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The article remains focused on the procedural status and facts reported by the Public Prosecution Service and ANP. Identifying details about non-public individuals have been omitted.
- confirmed The pre-trial detention has been extended by ninety days. — ANP reported the Amsterdam court’s decision. source
- confirmed The suspect is 37 and the victim was 61. — The ages appear in reports by the Public Prosecution Service and ANP. source
- confirmed The suspect and the victim knew each other from the prison in Zaanstad. — The Public Prosecution Service explicitly mentions this relationship. source
Editor's note
The extension of the detention and the relationship between the suspect and the victim have been confirmed. The suspect has not been convicted; the motive and evidence are still under investigation.Sources
- Slachtoffer schietpartij NDSM-kade was geen willekeurig slachtoffer — Openbaar Ministerie
- Verdachte langer vast om doodschieten man op NDSM-kade Amsterdam — ANP via ZeelandNet
More on this in Dutch media
- Het Parool — „amsterdam ndsm-kade”
- Trouw — „amsterdam ndsm-kade”
- NRC — „amsterdam ndsm-kade”