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Originally Posted by ARTelevision
Yes. It has gotten nationwide TV coverage here.
Terribly sad but in some sick way not surprising anymore.
I came across the story below as well.
Is it too alarmist to accurately reflect the sense of things there?
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The "open letter" that was planted on the body of van Gogh was apparently a mixture of internet-based anti-Jewish propaganda, extremist Islamic bits and a lot of pure anger. According to a leading Islamic scholar, the murderer has cut 'n pasted various bits of info, took the bits literally, and used them to pretend the end result was justified by his holy scriptures.
He was *not* a loner, though - he was a friend of another guy arrested on terrorism-related grounds a while ago. (there's lots of questions about that - the intelligence service *should* have been following this guy after they learned of the connection, months ago.)
In the past days, there have been a few attempts to attack Muslims and destroy their possessions (including Mosques) - some right-wing Dutch people are trying to increase the tension.
Let's put it this way: a lot of Dutch people, me included, are afraid someone from either side will go too far one day. We're all just waiting for that single spark to light the fuse.
So no, it's not alarmist at all...