Assassination of Pim Fortuyn
Pim Fortuyn, a Dutch politician, was assassinated by Volkert van der Graaf in Hilversum, North Holland on 6 May 2002, nine days before the general election of 2002, in which he was leading the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF).
The car park where Fortuyn was assassinated (directly behind the red car)
Photograph of Fortuyn taken on 4 May 2002, two days prior to his death.
Commemorative plaque at the car park where Fortuyn was assassinated
Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn, was a Dutch politician, author, civil servant, businessman, sociologist and academic who founded the party Pim Fortuyn List in 2002.
Fortuyn on 4 May 2002, two days before his assassination
Pim Fortuyn with Jan Willem de Pous at a presentation of Thirty-Five Years of SER recommendations (1982)
Fortuyn's house in Rotterdam where he lived from 1998 until his death
After his death a statue was placed at his home in Rotterdam. The statue has since been removed from the property and auctioned off