Posted on 11/04/2005 3:32:07 AM PST by Eurotwit
AMSTERDAM — A shot was fired recently at the window of the office used by Immigration and Integration Minister Rita Verdonk. She was not there at the time.
Weapons experts attached to the Defence Ministry think the shot was fired at the office in the Justice Ministry complex in The Hague from a nearby building, RTL Nieuws reported on Thursday evening. Sources in the Hague confirmed the story.
It is not clear when the shot was fired and when the incident was first detected. The window of her office was said to be damaged.
RTL claimed that as a result of the shooting incident, Verdonk wore a bullet-proof vest when she attended a commemoration for filmmaker Theo van AntGogh on Wednesday. Muslim extremist Mohammed B. was jailed for life in July for murdering Van Gogh in Amsterdam on 2 November 2004.
A government spokesperson refused to discuss the RTL report. He referred to a press statement on Thursday that stated the police were investigating damage to the window of Verdonk's office.
The police were trying to establish, the statement said, if the damage was caused by a projectile. If this is the case, the police want to know what kind of projectile was involved.
Verdonk has had personal security for some time as a result of threats made against her. A man, 19, was arrested in September after he spat at her when she was out shopping with her family in Amsterdam.
Last year, two women threw ketchup at Verdonk to protest against her harsh immigration policies. Her "attackers" received jail sentences of up to 10 days.
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Thank you Eurotwit.
Duly noted.
Instead of giving the ketchup throwing idiots 10 days in jail they should give them 10 days in the suburbs of Paris for a little diversity lesson.
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