Marines involved with the violent ending of the train hijacking near De Punt (Drenthe, the Netherlands) nearly forty years ago, made audio recordings. The district court of The Hague ordered the State of the Netherlands to submit transcriptions of those recordings to court in the case initiated by the surviving relatives of deceased hijackers Max Papilaja and Hansina Uktolseja. On the recordings, marines can be heard i.a. speaking about giving a ‘mercy shot’ and about hijackers who have been ‘shot to pieces’.
- Interlocutory verdict of 1 February 2017 (in Dutch)
- ‘Transcriptie mariniers treinkaping De Punt na 40 jaar openbaar’ | NOS.nl d.d. 29 May 2017
- J. van den Berg en A. van Es, ‘Geluidsopnamen treinkaping De Punt: mariniers spreken van 'genadeschot' en kapers die zijn 'kapotgeschoten'’ | De Volkskrant d.d. 30 May 2017
The surviving relatives are represented by lawyers Liesbeth Zegveld and Brechtje Vossenberg.
Previously
- Train hijacking ‘De Punt’: surviving relatives and a survivor hold the State liable
- Surviving relatives of of executed Moluccan train hijackers summon the Dutch State to court re: 'De Punt’
- 4 November 2016: evidentiary hearing re: executions by State during ending of train hijacking at 'De Punt' in 1977
- Claims re: Moluccan train hijacking (1977) not time-barred; court orders further investigation
- Court prohibits appeal against interlocutory verdict of 1 February 2017 re: 'De Punt'; case will move forward