Train hijacking ‘De Punt’: surviving relatives and a survivor hold the State liable

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Today, lawyers Liesbeth Zegveld and Brechtje Vossenberg have held the Dutch State liable on behalf of the surviving relatives of five hijackers who were shot dead when the hijacking of a train near the town De Punt (Drenthe) was ended by force, as well as on behalf of one survivor of that assault.

Read the press release here.

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