Seventeen years old, cycling home in Amsterdam, Lisa called the police for help – and still ended up dead.

Every couple of years a case emerges that grips every woman, often across international borders. In the UK it was Sarah Everard, kidnapped, raped, and killed by a random off-duty police officer.

Now, a similar case is unfolding in the Netherlands. A 17-year-old girl named Lisa was brutally killed last week while cycling home from a night out in Amsterdam. Being Dutch myself, considering that country my happy place, and of course being a woman, I couldn't look away.

The more details emerged, the more shocking it became. She left the city centre at 3.30am. By around 4.15am, her body was found in the south of Amsterdam, far from the centre. She had cycled for some time, was attacked, and discovered almost immediately after. How did all of this unfold in around 45 minutes?

She was only found that quickly because she had called 112, told the police she was being followed, and still died.

Just last April, the Young Democrats pushed for legalising pepper spray in Luxembourg. The police dismissed it, saying self-defence is key, while the chief superintendent advised women to scream. I wrote then that screaming isn't enough, that Luxembourg needs pepper spray. Today I'd revise my statement: apparently even calling 112 isn't enough. You can still die in the most brutal way imaginable.

And for those asking: what was a girl doing alone on a bike in the middle of the night? Stop. Girls, women, and everyone else should be able to move safely at any time of day or night. It is not her fault she was killed. The blame lies solely with the man who chose to attack, assault, and murder her.

I'm honestly not quite sure what the point about this opinion piece is. I think I'm trying to raise awareness to a case so horrible. Because until women can walk, cycle, or run home without fearing for their lives, we cannot stop talking about this.

And spare me the comments about how safe it is, or how the perpetrator is probably an immigrant. That misses the point. The problem isn't immigration. The problem isn't Lisa cycling home at 3.30am. It's men who decide to do unspeakable things to women. Yes, not all men. But always men.

Call me a radical feminist if you like, but what exactly is radical about wanting to walk in the dark without fear of being attacked? Explain that to me.

Because it's never just one case. It’s a pattern. A girl in Amsterdam today, a woman in London yesterday, and countless others whose names never make the news.

Until the violence stops being excused, ignored, or normalised, we will not stop speaking. We will not stop demanding better.

All I want – and every other woman – is to live in peace. To not read headlines about 17-year-old girls being murdered in a country I once called home.