AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A suspected Muslim extremist with alleged terrorist ties was under arrest today in the death of a Dutch filmmaker who criticized the treatment of women under Islam.

Theo van Gogh, 47, was repeatedly shot and stabbed to death on an Amsterdam street on Tuesday.

The paper said the killer shot Van Gogh eight or nine times, then calmly bent over his victim and slit his throat with a knife.

Dutch Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner said the suspect "acted out of radical Islamic fundamentalist convictions," and added that he had contacts with a group that was under surveillance by the Dutch secret service.

A film by Van Gogh, the great-grandson of the brother of the painter Vincent Van Gogh, was aired in August on Dutch television, drawing the ire of some Muslims.

Van Gogh's murder came at a time of increased tensions in the Netherlands, where many blame violent crime on the Muslim minority, mainly made up of immigrants.