| − | May 6, 2002, a week before the election he was killed after a radio interview in Hilversum by the extreme left-wing animal rights activist Volkert van der Graaf, which has ensured that there were nationwide protests. There are a lot of questions and conspiracy theories around about this horrific political assassination, which suggests that as the government was behind it. | + | May 6, 2002, a week before the election he was killed after a radio interview in Hilversum by the extreme left-wing animal rights activist Volkert van der Graaf, which has ensured that there were nationwide protests. There are a lot of questions and conspiracy theories around this horrific political assassination, which suggests that as the government was behind it. |