Dutch seek end to bloody aftermath of murder

Dutch Muslims and Christians called for an end to a cycle of retaliatory vandalism of mosques and churches as slain filmmaker Theo van Gogh was cremated, a week after his killing by a suspected Islamic radical.

About 150 people gathered yesterday at the De Nieuwe Ooster Crematorium, while hundreds more watched on a screen outside and mourners left flowers, cigarettes and beer at a makeshift monument where the filmmaker was killed.