ON the night of her wedding, Malika Shabi watched al-Qaida videos of beheadings and listened to her partner rail against Dutch politicians he wanted to kill, according to a police statement read in court yesterday.

Dutch authorities have ordered the release of a 22-year-old Chechen man arrested two months ago in connection with the killing of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh.

TWO Chechen citizens have been arrested in France and the Netherlands in connection with the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, Amsterdam prosecutors said yesterday.

Six men arrested following the killing of filmmaker Theo van Gogh are no longer suspects in the murder, but still face charges of belonging to a terrorist group, authorities said today.