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Van Gogh's killer, Mohammed Bouyeri, shot him eight times as he cycled along a busy boulevard in broad daylight in Amsterdam. When he fell, mortally wounded, Bouyeri slit his throat, almost decapitating him, and then plunged two knives into his chest, one of them with a letter attached. | Van Gogh's killer, Mohammed Bouyeri, shot him eight times as he cycled along a busy boulevard in broad daylight in Amsterdam. When he fell, mortally wounded, Bouyeri slit his throat, almost decapitating him, and then plunged two knives into his chest, one of them with a letter attached. | ||
The [[Letters (Mohammed Bouyeri)|letter by Bouyeri]] threatened Western governments, Jews and Ayaan Hirsi Ali- the writer of the film who also received several death threats and was given 24 hour protection by government bodyguards.<ref>Marlise Simons - [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02EFDE1638F934A1575AC0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all Amsterdam Journal; A Graphic Film of Protest, and Cries of Blasphemy] - NY Times, September 27, 2004</ref> | The [[Letters (Mohammed Bouyeri)|letter by Bouyeri]] threatened Western governments, [[Jews]] and Ayaan Hirsi Ali- the writer of the film who also received several death threats and was given 24 hour protection by government bodyguards.<ref>Marlise Simons - [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02EFDE1638F934A1575AC0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all Amsterdam Journal; A Graphic Film of Protest, and Cries of Blasphemy] - NY Times, September 27, 2004</ref> | ||
In court Mohammed Bouyeri declared that he had murdered Van Gogh not because he felt insulted but "because of Allah".<ref>[http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/312 letter left on Theo Van Gogh's body by the militant Islamist killer was 'Jihad Manifesto' -A call to destroy America and all "unbelievers"] - Militant Islam Monitor, November 5, 2004</ref> The murder of Theo van Gogh was the first ritual murder in Europe since [[Paganism|Pagans]] drowned people in the Dutch, North-[[Germany|German]], and Danish peat-marches. | In court Mohammed Bouyeri declared that he had murdered Van Gogh not because he felt insulted but "because of Allah".<ref>[http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/312 letter left on Theo Van Gogh's body by the militant Islamist killer was 'Jihad Manifesto' -A call to destroy America and all "unbelievers"] - Militant Islam Monitor, November 5, 2004</ref> The murder of Theo van Gogh was the first ritual murder in [[Europe]] since [[Paganism|Pagans]] drowned people in the Dutch, North-[[Germany|German]], and [[Denmark|Danish]] peat-marches. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||