Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 6 ga Mayu 2002, a lokacin da yake da shekaru 54, an kashe Fortuyn
ta hanyar harbi a Hilversum, Arewacin Holland, ta Volkert van der Graaf. An kai harin ne a filin ajiye motoci a wajen gidan rediyo inda Fortuyn ya yi hira. Wannan ya faru ne kwanaki tara kafin babban zaben da yake takara. Hans Smolders, direban Fortuyn, ya bi mai harin, kuma 'yan sanda sun kama shi jim kaɗan bayan haka, har yanzu yana da bindiga. Watanni daga baya, Van der Graaf ya furta a kotu game da kisan gillar siyasa na farko a cikin Netherlands tun daga 1672 (ban da yakin duniya na biyu), kuma a ranar 15 ga Afrilu 2003, an yanke masa hukuncin kisa na Fortuyn kuma an yanke masa hukuncin shekaru 18 a kurkuku. An sake shi a kan sharadin a watan Mayu 2014 bayan ya yi aiki da kashi biyu bisa uku na hukuncinsa, tsarin da ya dace a karkashin tsarin hukunta Dutch.