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2022-08-30 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Dutch commando dies after US street shooting

Follow up to this story from a few days ago.

[DW] A soldier from the Dutch special forces has died after he was shot in the US city of Indianapolis. Two of the man's comrades, on secondment for special training at a nearby base, were also hit.
RIP with your brothers on Texel.
A Dutch Defense Ministry statement on Monday said a special forces commando had died of his injuries after he and two colleagues were shot full of holes outside a hotel in the US.

Local media said the shooting in Indiana appeared to have followed an earlier altercation and was not random.

WHAT DO WE KNOW SO FAR?
The three men, who were in the US for training, were off duty when the incident happened in the early hours of Saturday, the Defense Ministry statement said.

"The Dutch commando who was in a critical condition in a hospital in the American city of Indianapolis died of his injuries last night," it said. "His family and colleagues were at his side."

The ministry said the two other soldiers were both conscious and able to speak. All three soldiers came from the Dutch commando corps.

The Dutch military police said it had sent three detectives to gather information although — having no jurisdiction — they would not be launching their own investigation.

Authorities said the soldiers were maimed on Saturday in downtown Indianapolis after what local police believe was a disturbance outside their hotel. Police made no arrests in the immediate aftermath.

According to the Indiana National Guard, the soldiers had been training at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, a 1,000-acre (405-hectare) complex some 40 miles (65 kilometers) southeast of Indianapolis.

Personnel from the Department of Defense train at the center "as well as other allies," the National Guard said.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-08-30 02:00|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 No race of attackers mentioned.

Posted by Croque Fliting8030 2022-08-30 07:08|| 2022-08-30 07:08|| Front Page Top

#2 A no-go on that training station.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-08-30 08:08|| 2022-08-30 08:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds like a job for Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-08-30 08:10|| 2022-08-30 08:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Indianapolis can be quite dangerous in certain areas at that time of the morning, but without a guide it can be hard for an outsider to know which blocks not to travel to. They possibly went to the wrong bar, argued with the wrong people (who felt 'disrespekted'), and this happened.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2022-08-30 08:32|| 2022-08-30 08:32|| Front Page Top

#5 How do I know? Was with a local guy there one night and he pointed out which downtown blocks you didn't stop for refreshments.

He'd say "Just keep walking" until we were further down the street.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2022-08-30 08:36|| 2022-08-30 08:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Is Muscatatuck where they dropped all the Afgans?

Posted by Vespasian Ebboting9735 2022-08-30 11:09|| 2022-08-30 11:09|| Front Page Top

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