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| Chechen arrested over Van Gogh murder released |
| 2005-06-28 |
| AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Judicial authorities have released a Chechen man arrested in connection with the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh due to lack of evidence, Dutch prosecutors said on Tuesday. Dutch police arrested the man in Amsterdam in April after finding his fingerprints on a tape in the apartment of Mohammed Bouyeri, who is held on suspicion of murdering Van Gogh as he cycled to work in November. "He was let go as there was not enough evidence for what he was suspected of," a prosecution spokeswoman said. Prosecutors said the man admitted he had been in Bouyeri's home several times. A second Chechen man, Bislan Ismailov, who was arrested in France on May 18 in connection with Van Gogh's murder, was still in custody, the spokeswoman said. Ismailov's fingerprints were found on a farewell letter that Bouyeri wrote to his parents. Dutch prosecutors have said Bouyeri, whose trial is set to start in July, probably had accomplices. Twelve members of a suspected group of Islamic militants were detained in the Netherlands after Van Gogh's murder. One has since been released but charges remain against him. All men were charged with belonging to a criminal group, conspiring to murder and threatening to kill prominent politicians critical of Islam. Several Dutch politicians have been under heavy guard since the murder last year of Van Gogh after receiving death threats for their criticism of radical Islam. Van Gogh had received multiple death threats after his film about violence against women in Islamic societies was aired on Dutch television. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #3 We will have to start calling it the War on Misogynists." |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-06-28 22:35 |
| #2 "Several Dutch politicians have been under heavy guard since the murder last year of Van Gogh after receiving death threats for their criticism of radical Islam." Not quite. Hirsi Ali doesn't criticise 'radical Islam', she criticises the treatment of women in Islam in general. |
| Posted by: Diabolo Guapo 2005-06-28 18:33 |
| #1 Not so gouda. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-06-28 17:24 |