Report: Dutch filmmaker murdered

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Report: Dutch filmmaker murdered

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- A Dutch filmmaker who criticized the treatment of women under Islam in a recent movie and in newspaper columns was murdered in Amsterdam, media reported Tuesday.

Police confirmed a fatal shooting occurred outside a city government office, but did not give the victim's name.

Amsterdam television station AT5 cited witnesses saying the victim was filmmaker Theo van Gogh. A bystander was also reportedly injured in a shootout between the culprit and police.

Police spokesman Eric Vermeulen said the victim was shot and the shooter fled to a local park. He was then arrested after exchanging gunfire with police.

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Report: Dutch filmmaker murdered

[saigon68]

1. Guess he took it personally.

[cali]

2. Charming response

It's a tragic murder of a man because he made a film some lunatic disagreed with.

[RivetJoint]

5. PTSD

[sam sarrha]

22. The film was about the lunitic's... they dont like people putting them in

the light of day...

[0007]

3. At first I thought it may have been Jamie Dorgan

the man that documented Convoy Of Death

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3267.htm

[Dukakis88]

4. Here's his picture

This was the photo on the front page of his website.

[Flammable Materials]

6. Shooter was Moroccan.

Apparently the suspect stabbed van Gogh, and then shot him when he tried to escape.

He was supposed to appear on Dutch television this evening as part of a debate on the American elections.

[Fear]

7. This is a very very sad day :(

He was and will remain a very intelligent man - on the edge of current events and addressing them.
Submission was his last film.

[DemExpat]

8. Outspokenness = murder

Shocking day in The Netherlands once again. :scared: :cry: :grr:

DemEx

[Dutch Courage]

9. He was the Michael Moore

of The Netherlands. He was a firm defender of free speech and had strong critcs at people who were against. Like the fundamental moslems, like his murderer.

[Ohio rules]

19. If Michael Moore were to make an anti Islamic

political movie, we will be saying R.I.P. M.M. before it became available on DVD.

just an observation of the truth.

[Wols]

10. Fundamentalists

Can't live with 'em, can't get away from them.

[soothsayer]

11. Was he really named Theo Van Gogh? (vincent's brother)

Sad story tho.

[Dutch Courage]

18. Vincent belonged in line

to his family. He was a greatgrandchild of brother Theo: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_van_Gogh (Sorry, Dutch language)

[mikedemocrat]

12. another wacko with a gun n/t

.

[RegexReader]

25. somehow I don't believe

that it was registered or the owner had a license. Just didn't have time to get some of their 300 tons of explosives over there to do the job for them.

RegexReader
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[Blue_Tires]

13. horrendous...

try to tell the truth about something, and the only gratitude you get is a bullet through the skull....I've never been to Holland, but i always in my mind thought they were more intelligent, enlightened, and tolerant of differing views than us...

look for some freep piece of shit to shoot some indie filmmaker in the US soon

[Blue_Tires]

14. ttt

a shame that this has kind of fallen by the wayside on election day

[jdj]

15. this is so disconcerting.

I'm about over this crap.

[redqueen]

16. Fundamentalist nutcases are the enemy

no matter where they are.

RIP, van Gogh.

[Ohio rules]

17. Remember the author of "The Satanic Verses" ?

Are the muslim hit men still looking for him?
It's been like 20 years since a Fatwa has been nailed to his Infidel head.

[Dutch Courage]

20. Theo made a film

about Koran verses, used by islamitic men to suppress their women. It was rather provocative (for moslems): the texts were projected at the naked (!) body of a wounded, ill-treated woman. It was his idea of freedom of speech, but it seems he signed his sentence of death with it.
Latest news now is the culprit had links with a suspected (but released) muslem terrorist.

[smirkymonkey]

21. I am so sick of religious whackjobs I could scream!

How do you think the Dutch will react to this? Wasn't there an issue with Muslim immigration a while back?

[sam sarrha]

23. Were these what you were reffering to ...........

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A:\TIME_Magazine_Crime_in_Europe_Dec 2, 2002.htm

A:\CBS_News_The_New_French_Revolution_May14,2004_225940.htm

http://fuckfrance.com/read.html?postid=405564&replies=8

[vajraroshana]

24. I thought this was coming....

I'm so sad it happened. There are many others involved in this film project that are in danger also I'm afraid.

They were only depicting the truth.