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Dutch police give 'stop paedophile hunts' warning after Arnhem death
Source: BBC
A Dutch police chief has called for an end to "paedophile hunting" after a 73-year-old retired teacher was beaten up by teenagers and died of his injuries.
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The man from the eastern city of Arnhem was lured into having sexual contact with a minor while in a gay chatroom.
Authorities said he was aware the boy was underage. But there was no evidence of past sexual contact with minors.
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Reports say the group of teenagers had come up with the idea of hunting for a paedophile after reading stories elsewhere in the Netherlands.
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54930488
250 incidents of 'hunting'.
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Dutch police give 'stop paedophile hunts' warning after Arnhem death (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2020
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Coventina
(29,442 posts)1. What could possibly go wrong with a gang of teenage vigilantes?
AllaN01Bear
(28,895 posts)2. even though i dont like peds , somone who made themselves god , judge
jury and excoutioner again.did this out of boredom?
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)3. Agreed
Seems like vigilante justice to me.
