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The obviously gleeful statements probably relate to the fact that
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due to the supposedly efficient, effective and undetectable manner in which they got rid of their opponents. No criminal investigation directed at
Mieremet was currently being conducted. Just as Klepper, Mieremet seemed to be invincible to the authorities' efforts. Another famous partner of the duo
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journalist stated that the gunman arrived on the back of a moped and walked into
Mieremet's office. Inside the two spoke, possibly in Dutch. At that time the gunman pulled his gun and shot Mieremet in the head. The shooter was described as a 'rather large man wearing a helmet'. The shooter kept on
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There is no exact cause for the assassination that is easy to pinpoint. One of the many theories is that of a conflict between Dutch and
Yugoslav criminals about a shipment of drugs. This has supposedly led to a string of liquidations in past years. It seems unlikely, however that this one single
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firing while retreating from the office. After the murder he slowly walked outside, stepped on his moped and disappeared. The tall height of the murderer has led to a suggestion that the murderer was not Thai. Mieremet's bodyguard managed to duck for cover just in time, avoiding being shot.
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When he was killed, Mieremet was busy working on a real estate project in
Pattaya. The tourist resort was growing fast and was therefore highly popular among project developers. Mieremet arrived there about one year before his death. Officially he lived in the Belgian town of
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had been gunned down two days earlier, on Monday 31 October 2005. Hingst's murder was one of several in a string of three related underworld liquidations during late
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at around 10:00 a.m. local time. He had survived several earlier assassination attempts; one in 2002, and another on 26 February 2005, when he was shot in the leg and stomach by two perpetrators on a motorcycle.
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for his new television programme. "They all know too much about each other and now they are messing around amongst themselves. They don't trust each other anymore, fun huh?".
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