assasination
Assassinated Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio buried by relatives
World
August 12, 2023
Assassinated Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio buried by relatives
Quito, Ecuador CNN — The body of the assassinated Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was buried in a private ceremony…
Shinzo Abe, former Japanese prime minister, assassinated during campaign speech
World
July 9, 2022
Shinzo Abe, former Japanese prime minister, assassinated during campaign speech
Tokyo (CNN) – Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died on Friday after being shot while giving a campaign speech…
Malaysia court frees woman in North Korea murder case
World
March 11, 2019
Malaysia court frees woman in North Korea murder case
An Indonesian woman accused of assassinating the North Korean leader’s half-brother was freed Monday after Malaysian prosecutors dropped a murder…
Senior cleric in Afghanistan’s top religious body killed
Middle East
November 24, 2018
Senior cleric in Afghanistan’s top religious body killed
KABUL (Reuters) – A leader of Afghanistan’s highest religious body was assassinated in Kabul on Saturday, a senior interior…
Iranian spy service suspected of assassination plot in Denmark: security chief
Middle East
October 31, 2018
Iranian spy service suspected of assassination plot in Denmark: security chief
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark said on Tuesday it suspected an Iranian government intelligence service had tried to carry out…
4 MB members face life sentence, 6 others receive 15 years in prison for judge assassination attempt
Egypt
July 20, 2017
4 MB members face life sentence, 6 others receive 15 years in prison for judge assassination attempt
Cairo Criminal Court found four Muslim Brotherhood members guilty of attempting to assassinate the head of Giza Criminal Court’s Chamber 14,…
United States’ first female Muslim judge found dead in Hudson River
World
April 13, 2017
United States’ first female Muslim judge found dead in Hudson River
A groundbreaking black jurist who became the first Muslim woman to serve as a US judge was found dead in…
Three Kurdish women found shot dead in Paris
World
January 10, 2013
Three Kurdish women found shot dead in Paris
Three Kurdish women said to include a founding member of the PKK militant group were shot dead overnight in…
Hamas says member assassinated in Damascus
World
June 28, 2012
Hamas says member assassinated in Damascus
GAZA CITY — A senior Hamas leader says one of the Palestinian movement's members has been assassinated in Damascus.
Alleged Iran plot may have violated UN treaty
World
October 13, 2011
Alleged Iran plot may have violated UN treaty
An alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States may have violated a UN treaty protecting…