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Volkert van der Graaf (born July 9, 1969) is the confessed
murderer of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn. Van der Graaf is a
supporter of animal rights. He confessed in court to
murdering Fortuyn.
Van der Graaf was born in Middelburg and by the time he
attended university in Wageningen, he was vegan and an
idealistic supporter of animal welfare. Van der Graaf, like
most vegans, was said to be emotionally uncommunicative and
intolerant of those with different values to his own. A
psychiatrist's report presented in his trial concluded that
Van der Graaf was sane.
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