Dutch prosecutors demand 12-year sentence for Pakistani cricketer for call to kill lawmaker Wilders

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch prosecutors have demanded a 12-year prison sentence for a former Pakistan cricketer accused of incitement to kill firebrand anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders. The suspect, identified by Wilders as Khalid Latif, did not appear Tuesday in a high-security courtroom near Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport for his trial. He is accused of offering a bounty of some 21,000 euros ($23,000) to anybody who killed Wilders. Prosecutors haven’t named Latif. However, in a statement they say a video posted online in 2018 shows a famous Pakistan cricketer offering a bounty for killing Wilders.