Theo van Gogh killed

Controversial dutch filmmaker and collumnist Theo van Gogh has been killed today..

Most stuff are rumours, but what I can make out are the following..

Around 08.45 this morning (CET) Theo van Gogh (47) was killed by (atleast) two gun shots in the Linneausstraat Amsterdam..
Later he was stabbed two times in order to attach a note to his body..
The note contains muslim scripture (rumour)

Updates to follow

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/eu...ilmmaker.reut/

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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) -- A controversial Dutch filmmaker and newspaper columnist Theo van Gogh, who made a film about violence against women in Islamic societies, has been murdered in Amsterdam, police said.

Amsterdam police said Van Gogh had been stabbed and shot in the centre of the city Tuesday.

Van Gogh's short feature film "Submission" angered some Dutch Muslims for its portrayal of a Muslim woman who is abused by her husband.

Police said they arrested a man at the scene after an exchange of gunfire in which the suspect wounded a police officer. The suspect was wounded in his leg.

Some Dutch media said Van Gogh had been planning to make a film about anti-immigration populist Pim Fortuyn, who was gunned down by an animal rights activist in May 2002, days before his grass-roots party stormed to second place in a general election.

Van Gogh received death threats after "Submission" was broadcast earlier this year. He made the film with Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali refugee who won Dutch citizenship after fleeing an arranged marriage 12 years ago.

She has been under police protection after receiving death threats.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3974179.stm

images: http://www.rtl.nl/actueel/rtlnieuws/...h_vermoord.xml

http://imdb.com/name/nm0324660/

http://news.google.com/?hl=en&ncl=ht...%3Fid%3D217865

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http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_van_Gogh
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Theo van Gogh (image), a controversial Dutch writer and filmproducer, was famous for his provoking speeches, mostly on the topic of Islam and the integration of that religion in Dutch society. He was about to release a film (next december) on the murder of Pim Fortuyn, a controversial Dutch political leader murdered a couple of years ago.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/...-vangogh_x.htm

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Six detainees are of Moroccan origin, one is Algerian and the other has dual Spanish-Moroccan nationality, she said.
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Don't do it. Don't do it. Have mercy. Have mercy!" the Algemeen Dagblad newspaper quoted Van Gogh as begging his killer.

Another Dutch newspaper, the Telegraaf daily, carried a large color photograph of Van Gogh's body with a knife protruding from his chest under the headline Butchered.

"We're not going to take this," the Dagblad said.

The paper said the killer shot Van Gogh eight or nine times, then calmly slipped his weapon in the pocket of a beige raincoat before bending over his victim and slitting his throat.

Dutch Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner said the suspect "acted out of radical Islamic fundamentalist convictions" and added that he had contacts with a group that was under surveillance by the Dutch secret service.

The suspect allegedly is friends with Samir Azzouz, an 18-year-old Muslim of Moroccan origin awaiting trial on charges of planning a terrorist attack targeting a nuclear reactor and Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, NOS Dutch television reported.

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...and they call us barbarians. pfff.