“Nothing is known about the motive” of the killer." Said Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende.
Duh, I think the motive is screaming at him from the previous sentence.
"His assailant...a Dutch Moroccan who was wearing traditional Islamic clothing.....shooting van Gogh several times,...stabbed him repeatedly, slit....throat...butcher knife,.......a note containing verses from the Qur’an on the body."
Another radical animal rights activist.