"Dutch court jails Van Gogh killer for life"

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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch court sentenced the self-confessed killer of a Dutch filmmaker critical of Islam to life in jail on Tuesday, calling the murder which whipped up racial tensions in the Netherlands a terrorist attack.

Mohammed Bouyeri, an Amsterdam-born Muslim, was convicted of killing Theo van Gogh as he cycled to work on Nov. 2, 2004.

Van Gogh, a descendant of the brother of the 19th century painter Vincent van Gogh, angered many Muslims by making a film which accused Islam of condoning violence against women.

Bouyeri fired seven bullets into Van Gogh with a pistol in a busy Amsterdam street in the morning rush hour, slashed his throat and plunged two knives into his body. Bouyeri was later arrested after he was wounded in a gun battle with police.

http://reuters.iwon.com/article/20050726/2005-07-26T153849Z_01_N26546130_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-SECURITY-DUTCH-VANGOGH-DC.html