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Netherlands tries Pakistanis for incitement to kill Geert Wilders

Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, surrounded by his security detail, arrives at the high-security court at Schiphol near Amsterdam on September 2, 2024 [Peter Dejong/AP Photo]

Dutch prosecutors have demanded a 14-year sentence for two Pakistani men over allegations that they sought to incite the murder of far-right politician Geert Wilders.

The pair, a religious leader and a political party chief, were tried in absentia on Monday on charges they urged followers to kill Wilders, whose party joined the government for the first time this year after winning the most votes (23.5 percent) in last year’s elections.

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