Activist on trial for Pim Fortuyn murder

An animal rights activist who confessed to the first political assassination in modern Dutch history went on trial today for shooting Pim Fortuyn.

Activist on trial for Pim Fortuyn murder
Thu, 27 Mar, 2003 - 10:19

An animal rights activist who confessed to the first political assassination in modern Dutch history went on trial today for shooting Pim Fortuyn.

Volkert van der Graaf, 33, was arrested moments after the populist politician was gunned down in a car park outside a radio studio on May 6.

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