Netherlands Ruling Terrorism
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[March 10, 2006]

Netherlands Ruling Terrorism

(Japan Economic Newswire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)BRUSSELS, March 10_(Kyodo) _ A Dutch court on Friday sentenced eight members of the Muslim "Hofstadgroup," an alleged terrorist group close to the killer of filmmaker Theo Van Gough, to up to 15 years in prison for threats and instigation.



It is the first time the anti-terrorism law has been applied in the Netherlands since it went into effect in August 2004.

A major suspect, Jason Walters, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for multiple murder attempts.



His accomplice, Ismail Akhinikh, was sentenced to 13 years in prison.

Prosecutors had demanded that both be sentenced to 20 years in prison but showed satisfaction at Friday's verdict.

"We are satisfied with the decision. It is clear the court does not think this is a group of friends discussing religion," press officer Van Boetzelaer said. "It was the fist time a court judged about participation to a terrorist organization. We have to look where the borders are. It is good these are decided now."

When Walters, son of an American father and a Dutch mother, and Akhinikh were arrested in December 2004 in a spectacular intervention by special police forces, they wounded members of the police squad by throwing grenades.

Eight other members of the group were sentenced from one to five years in prison.

Meanwhile, five of the 14 suspects were acquitted due to lack of evidence, one of them Walters' brother.

Mohammed Bouyeri, one of main suspects, was found guilty of participating in a terrorist network, but he was not given jail term as he is currently fulfilling a lifelong imprisonment for the murder of Theo Van Gogh.

Filmmaker Van Gogh was killed in Amsterdam in November 2004 following his criticism of extreme forms of Muslim.

Muslims were particularly angry at a movie, "Submission," he made with Liberal Member of Parliament Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somalian of Muslim descent.

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