That's a good point. I wonder what else this character has done in the past (assuming they succeed in hanging the other murder on him as well)? If he indeed figured he would get caught, he was in effect "giving himself up for the cause". He would have viewed this as the "ultimate" contribution, I suppose, for whatever it is he stands for. Perhaps hoping to spur on the next guy to "martyr" themselves as well.
It makes me angry that Gerhard Schroeder and Tony Blair are now thumping their pulpits saying we (Europe) need to quell the "Rise of the Right". What you would think they'd be concerned with is the rise in extremism of other types. Here they've had a politician get murdered and they basically say they agree idealistically with the assassin by saying the "Right must be put down".
With the election so near,maybe the murderer just had to take his best shot when he got the chance and the heck with the consequences.