The 17-year-old Rivaldo was shot around 9.30 pm last Thursday evening at a football field on Meernhof, in Amsterdam-Zuidoost. Agents tried to resuscitate the victim, but the 17-year-old died not much later from his injuries. The grief is great among local residents, friends and the school.
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,, With man and power, we are now looking at what happened and who is responsible for it. Only Rivaldo does not return with that, “writes school director Ed van der Hooft of Practice College De Dreef on LinkedIn.
Diploma
Rivaldo had obtained his diploma last month. Van der Hooft: ,, In recent years we have been able to travel a meaningful path with him. This path led to a nice speech and the future looked rosy for him and his family. Unfortunately, he died in the past week due to meaningless violence. “
Boy (17) died by shooting Amsterdam
The director sees the shooting as a painful example of how difficult it is to stop street violence. ,, I continue to believe that we can tackle this pattern together. Perhaps naive, but doing nothing is not an option. ”
The school collaborates with the police, municipality, parents and guardians and various organization to break this ‘vicular pattern’. “Rivaldo is a hunk and we continue to remember,” says Van der Hooft.
During the shooting at Meernhof in Amsterdam-Zuidoost, a 17-year-old Rivaldo was seriously injured and later died of his injuries. © ANP / Dutch Hoogte / VLN News
Also in the neighborhood the death of Rivaldo made a deep impression, residents announced earlier to this newspaper. A neighbor ran out after the shots to help Rivaldo.
On Facebook she describes how she tried to stop his wound with her shirt and continued to encourage him to stay conscious. “Perhaps the most important thing I could do to let him know that he was not alone.”
Depict
The police investigation into what exactly happened on Thursday evening is still in full swing. According to spoken local residents, there might have been a fight about taking away precious items in advance. These rumors are also circulating on social media, but are not confirmed by the police.
Agents arrested a 16-year-old suspect last Friday evening. On Sunday the police announced that they were looking for more images around the shooting. “Various images of the incident are circulating on social media. These and not yet shared images can be valuable in the investigation into this fierce incident,” the police said.
Police are looking for images of fatal shooting in Amsterdam
The police call on photos and videos to send in from before, during and after the incident, but also hopes for visual material that offers more insight into the possible reason.