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YouTube channel of streamer who prank-called fatal shooting suspect taken offline

The YouTube channel Rouand YT has gone offline after the creator admitted to making a prank call to a man suspected of fatally shooting two Syrian teenagers in Amsterdam on New Year's Day. Shortly after the provocative call, the suspect allegedly went to Piet Wiedijkpark and shot the victims, who had no connection to the prank. While the YouTuber is being treated as a witness rather than a suspect, YouTube had recently launched an investigation into the channel for potential policy violations.

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