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From DutchNews.nl:<\/p>\nFrom DutchNews.nl:<\/p>\n
The police officer shot dead in Amstelveen on Wednesday night has been identified as 28-year-old Gabri\u00eblle Cevat, news agency ANP said on Thursday. A 49-year-old man from Amsterdam has been arrested in connection with the shooting.<\/p>\n
Amsterdam police chief Bernard Welten said her station was extremely shocked by the death and sent his condolences to friends and family. Her partner is also a police officer.<\/p>\n
According to ANP, the Cevat was in plain clothes and driving to a police station in Amsterdam Noord for her night shift when she noticed a BMW driving erratically. She alerted her colleagues and drove after the car.<\/p>\n
The car stopped in the Piet de Winterlaan in Amstelveen. The police officer got out and identified herself to the driver who shot her once in her upper body. He fled into a nearby house. The three teenagers who were home escaped through a window. Cevat died later in hospital.<\/p>\n
The suspect was involved in another incident in Amstelveen earlier in the evening during which shots were fired at a door, ANP reports. The man is reportedly known to the police and has a criminal record for sex and violent crimes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This probably would just be random daily news in many cities in various countries but here in the Netherlands it\u2019s big news and the entire country mourns.\u00a0\u00a0 I guess it\u2019s partially because it is a small country, but also because this just doesn\u2019t happen often around here.<\/p>\n
In fact, it also states in the article that this is the sixth death of a police officer in active service since 1977 and the first since 2004.<\/em><\/p>\n
I\u2019m sure there are places where more police officers die from gunshot wounds in a year than have died here in the Netherlands in the last 30 years!<\/p>\n
I wonder what it is that makes such a difference.\u00a0 Ok I\u2019m sure the size of the country plays a part but it\u2019s not like there is no crime here.\u00a0 I wonder if it has to do with how little police officers here use guns themselves.\u00a0\u00a0 It even makes the news here if a cop shoots their gun and doesn\u2019t even hit anything.\u00a0\u00a0 Just the shooting alone is big news.. good news if you are a criminal I guess!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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