A fire has caused major damages at an Islamic school in the Netherlands amid fresh violence in the wake of the murder moviemaker Theo van Gogh.
Firefighters were struggling Tuesday night to extinguish the flames at the burning Bedir school in the southern town of Uden, where someone had scrawled "Theo rest in peace" obviously referring to slain filmmaker.
Uden Mayor Joke Kersten told Dutch television she didn't know the exact cause of the fire but suspected arson. She said the school had not been the target of prior attacks.
Arsonists also attempted to burn down two Protestant churches overnight in Utrecht and Amersfoort, in apparent retaliation for the bombing of a Muslim elementary school in Eindhoven on Monday, police said.
No injuries have been reported and no arrests have been made.
There has been heightened tension since Van Gogh was shot and stabbed last week, allegedly by an Islamic militant.
A funeral was held for Van Gogh in Amsterdam on Tuesday.