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Dutch filmmaker is killed in Amsterdam

Theo van Gogh - Killed in Amsterdam
Theo van Gogh - Killed in Amsterdam

A Dutch filmmaker who recently made a controversial film about violence against women in Muslim societies has been shot and stabbed to death on a street in Amsterdam.

Theo van Gogh, 47, had received death threats after his film was shown on Dutch television several months ago.

A second person was wounded in a shoot-out between police officers and the gunman, who was arrested.