Dutch immigration Minister Rita Verdonk wears a bulletproof vest these days and with good reason:

It is too early to conclude an attack was carried out on Minister Rita Verdonk, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said on Friday.

Speaking at the Cabinet's weekly press conference, Balkenende confirmed a "bullet trace" was found when experts examined the window of the Justice ministry office used by Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk.

She was not in the office in The Hague at the time. And it is unclear when the incident actually occurred. Whether the damage to the window was accidental or intentional is under investigation, the Prime Minister said.

A bullet trace in a damaged window of the office of the Dutch minister for integration and immigration? Accidental?