Pim Fortuyn, the maverick right-wing politician who had just made his come-uppance in Dutch politics with statements such as "The Netherlands is full" (i.e. no more immigrants), has been shot dead by a guy in a baseball-cap around 6.00 pm tonight. Fortuyn had just been doing a radio-interview in Hilversum. The shooting sent shockwaves through Dutch society. Official confirmation of his death has yet to be given, but the newsmedia assume from the observable evidence that he is in fact dead.