INDIANAPOLIS — Simmie Poetsema was a hero to his fellow special forces soldiers of the Netherlands Armed Forces.
Poetsema rescued people fleeing the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021.
Man charged with murder, attempted murder in shooting of Dutch soldiers
His unit was akin to America’s Delta Force and was in training at the Muscatatuk Urban Training Center in Jennings County a year later.
Walking back to his hotel with his comrades in arms after Indy’s South Meridian Street bars closed at 3 a.m. on Aug. 27, 2022, investigators say Poetsema and friends tangled with the Duncan brothers Shamar, Tyrese and Robert, who had been out drinking and smoking marijuana…