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URGENT: Two Chechens arrested in Dutch director's murder case

16:50 13/12/2005

MADRID, December 13 (RIA Novosti, Juan Cobo) - Two Chechens living in Spain have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in the killing of famous Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, Spanish police said Tuesday.

Theo van Gogh, a descendant of famed Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, was shot dead in Amsterdam on November 2, 2004 by Islamic fundamentalist Mohammed Bouyeri two months after the release of his highly controversial movie, Submission, which detailed the physical punishments sanctioned by the Koran for Muslim women.

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