The man who was shot in Wanroij on Monday morning around 9 am, would have been shot by his girlfriend. That says Mark van den Oever, who owns the farm and Bed and Breakfast to the Limits where the shooting took place. The woman was seriously injured.
Van den Oever is known nationally as the foreman of Farmers Defense Force. The foreman of the agricultural interest organization does not live on the site, but the wounded woman does. She has been renting a studio from Van den Oever for a few months.
Her friend had colon cancer at an advanced stage, according to Van den Oever, and did not want to be treated. Why was shot is still completely unclear. “I don’t know, because I wasn’t there either,” says Van den Oever. “I was shocked by it. This is a big drama.”
According to De Telegraaf Is the story exactly the other way around: the man didn’t want to live anymore and was angry that his girlfriend had another. That’s why he would have shot at her.
The police don’t want to say anything about who would have shot.
According to Mark van den Oever, the shooting was not in the bed and breakfast, but in another building near the farm. According to him, the rooms are rented to labor migrants and to the Dutch.
Neighbors say they have not heard or seen anything. The police have been investigating all day. The lanes, where the incident took place, is located in the outskirts of Wanroij.
No one has been arrested yet.
What the injuries of the woman are is not clear. After the shooting, she was taken to the hospital with an ambulance.
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It is the second fatal incident in Wanroij in a short time. On April 20, a 45-year-old woman died on Molenstraat due to a crime. Her 47-year-old ex-partner is stuck for murder or manslaughter on the woman. The man then fled and was arrested in Duiven in Gelderland.