THE killers of an outspoken Dutch filmmaker threatened his scriptwriter — a politician who renounced Islam and criticised its customs — in a letter that was pinned to the victim’s body with a knife.

An Islamic radical accused of killing Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, then slitting his throat, will be tried as a terrorist.

A Islamic fundamentalist with alleged terrorist ties was being held in a prison hospital today for the murder of a Dutch filmmaker who criticised the treatment of women under Islam.

Police in the Netherlands have said a seven-hour hostage siege at Amsterdam’s tallest building has ended after the gunman committed suicide.