(NL Times) Russian secret services played a role in the murder of Theo van Gogh in Amsterdam 20 years ago, a Chechen arms dealer and other sources revealed in the documentary De Wapenroute by Sinan Can and Daniëlle van Lieshout. The documentary follows the [trail] of the murder weapon — an expensive pistol from Croatia that somehow ended up in the hands of Mohammed Bouyeri, the Telegraaf reports.
Bouyeri, a member of the jihadist Hofstadgroep, shot the controversial columnist and director Theo van Gogh dead in Amsterdam-Oost on 2 November 2004. It was the first jihadist murder in the Netherlands. How Bouyeri, a man who lived on welfare benefits, got his hands on the murder weapon — a pistol worth at least 2,500 euros — remains a mystery.
