Even at the shooting range, people are on alert, says secretary Klaas Westra of the Vulpes Vulpes shooting sports club in Nieuwe-Pekela. According to Westra, Richard K. regularly came there to shoot. “If hunters want to come and practice with us, we always check in advance what kind of ‘meat we have in store,’” Westra says.
“We do our best, we keep an eye on what is happening on the track and there are always at least three board members present during exercises. If we notice irregularities, we intervene immediately,” he explains. “There was never any suspicion that there was anything wrong with this man. He seemed friendly.”
The Weiteveen tragedy caused a big shock in his club, he says. “Completely unexpected, we as an association have never experienced anything like this before.”
At the end of last week it was confirmed that K. was in possession of a weapons licence. Police cannot yet report exactly what type of permit he had, says spokeswoman Anne Kok. It was reported that the man used several weapons, but exactly what type of weapons has not yet been revealed. According to her, the police cannot even predict whether there have been doubts about this man’s weapons license in the last year, “thanks to the thoroughness of the investigations”.
2024-01-22 17:01:22
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