Paro Ramlagan Age: 38
Shot dead: September 20, 2024
Residence: Rijswijk, South Holland
Origin: Victim: Suriname, Perpetrator: Turkey
Children: 1
Perpetrator: Neighbor
On Friday evening, September 20, around 5:45 p.m., 38-year-old Paro Ramlagan was shot in the porch of her home in Rijswijk. The homicide took place in the presence of her four-year-old son, who ran outside and alerted nearby residents that his mother had been shot.
A neighbor carried the little boy, at the risk of his life, to safety. He saw a man point a gun at them from a window and pull the trigger, but he ran out of bullets.
Police found the severely injured Paro on the porch, who died from her injuries moments later. The suspect is a 57-year-old Turkish upstairs neighbor, who was arrested by police. Neighbors claim he wanted a relationship with Paro, but she rejected him.
Paro was a singer in Suriname and came to the Netherlands without family for a better life. After a failed relationship with an abusive man, she wanted to build a new life for herself and her infant son in Rijswijk.
The prosecution states that the man suspected of Paro's murder will also be prosecuted for four attempted homicides, on Paro's son and three local residents.