Mohammed Bouyeri

Mohammed Bouyeri (b. March 8 1978), the convicted murderer of Theo van Gogh, a controversial Dutch film director, is currently serving a life sentence without parole. He holds both Dutch and Moroccan citizenship. His parents are first-generation immigrants. Bouyeri used the pen name "Abu Zubair" for writing and translating. On the Internet he often posted letters and sent e-mail under this name. He claims to have murdered van Gogh to fulfill his duty as a Muslim.

Arrest

Mohammed Bouyeri was arrested on November 2, 2004, shortly after the death of Theo van Gogh and close to the scene of the crime after an exchange of gunfire with the police in which he was shot in the leg. In his interrogations, he exercised his right to remain silent. On November 11, public prosecutor Leo de Wit accused him of six criminal acts: murder, attempted murder (of a police officer), attempted manslaughter (of by-standers and police officers), violation of the law on gun-control, suspicion of participation in a criminal organisation with terrorist aims, and conspiracy to murder with a terrorist purpose Van Gogh, member of parliament Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and others.

Related Topics:
November 2 - 2004 - Gun - November 11 - Prosecutor - Leo de Wit - Murder - Manslaughter - Parliament - Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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When arrested, Bouyeri had on him a farewell poem with the title In bloed gedoopt (Immersed/baptised in blood) from which it appears he intended to die a martyr. The poem contains the following lines:

Related Topics:
Poem - Martyr

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BAPTIZED IN BLOOD

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:So these are my last words?

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:riddled with bullets?

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:baptized in blood?

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:as I had hoped.

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:I am leaving a message?

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:for you? the fighter?

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:the Tawheed tree is waiting?

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:yearning for your blood?

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:enter the bargain?

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:and Allah opens the way?

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:He gives you a garden?

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:instead of the Earthly rubble.

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:To the enemy I say?

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:You will surely die?

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:Wherever in the world you go?

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:Death is waiting for you?

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:Chased by the knights of DEATH?

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:who paint the streets with Red.

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:For the hypocrites I have one final word?

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:Wish DEATH or hold your tongue? and sit.

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:Dear Brothers and Sisters, my end is nigh?

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:But this does not end the story.

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IN BLOED GEDOOPT

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:Dit is dan mijn laatste woord?

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:Door kogels doorboord?

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:In bloed gedoopt?

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:Zoals ik had gehoopt.

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:Ik laat een boodschap achter?

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:Voor jou...de vechter?

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:De boom van Tawheed is afwachtend?

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:Naar jouw bloed smachtend?

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:Ga de koop aan?

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:En Allah geeft je ruimbaan?

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:Hij geeft je de Tuin?

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:In plaats van het aardse puin.

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:Tegen de vijand heb ik ook wat te zeggen?

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:Je zal zeker het loodje leggen?

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:Al ga je over de hele wereld op Tour?

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:De dood is je op de Loer?

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:Op de hielen gezeten door de Ridders van de DOOD?

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:Die de straten kleuren met Rood.

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:Tegen de hypocrieten zeg ik tenslotte dit:

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:Wenst de DOOD of hou anders je mond en ...zit.

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:Beste broeders en zusters ik nader mijn einde?

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:Maar hiermee is het verhaal zeker niet ten einde.

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Pinned to the body of Van Gogh with a smaller knife, Bouyeri was said to have left a second letter, consisting of five pages in which Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), and politicians in general are warned. It contains repeated references to alleged Jewish influences in politics. The letter refers to the fundamentalist ideology of the Takfir wal-Hijra. This letter probably wasn't written by Mohammed Bouyeri himself, but by his group's ideologist. It was signed Saifu Deen al-Muwahhied.

Related Topics:
Ayaan Hirsi Ali - People's Party for Freedom and Democracy - Jewish - Takfir wal-Hijra - Saifu Deen al-Muwahhied

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