Shot by gun in the head investigative reporter, that's how it happened.

In connection with the case, two suspected persons are in custody while police are still continuing investigations.

Journalist, Peter R. De Vries, leaving the studio at 7:30 when two men approached him near Amsterdam's Leidseplin Square and shot five times in the direction where one bullet fell on Vries' head. It still remains in critical condition at an Amsterdham hospital.

He's badly injured and fighting for his life. A rare, courageous journalist who tirelessly sought justice. A national hero for all of us”, said Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema at a television press conference, writes Vice, Periscope.

Journalist De Vries, 64, is famous in the Netherlands, as frequent commentators of television programs and crime expert reporter, with sources both in the forces of rule of law and in the underworld. He is known in the Netherlands for his countless investigative work, especially after the kidnapping in 1983 of beer tycoon Freddy Heineken.

De Vries was threatened by the crime world in the past in connection with several cases.

In 2013, Willem Holleder, the kidnapper of Mr. Heineken, was convicted of threats to journalist De Vries. Holder is currently serving a life sentence for involvement in five murders.

Tuesday's event prompted the large-scale response of organisations to protect journalists. The Committee for Journalists' Protection called on Dutch authorities to investigate rapidly and deeply the attack on journalist Peter R. de Vries, determine whether he was targeted for his work and ensure that the assailant and masterminds of the attack face justice”. /Periscope.