5 assassinations that shocked the world

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1. The assassination of US President John F. Kennedy

Former US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, while he and his wife Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy were visiting Dallas, Texas. At that time, Mr. Kennedy was the youngest President in US history.

2. The assassination of John Lennon

The assassination of John Lennon, the founder of the famous band The Beatles, occurred on the evening of December 8, 1980. This was one of the most notable events of 1980 and one of the most famous assassinations in the world. John Lennon was assassinated while returning to his home in Manhattan, New York, USA with his wife Yoko Ono. They had just left the recording studio when Mark David Chapman shot them down. After shooting Lennon, Chapman waited for the police to arrive and arrest him.

3. The assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto

The assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on December 27, 2007, was considered one of the biggest political events in Pakistan at that time. Ms. Bhutto had been living in exile abroad and returned to the country two months before the assassination. At that time, she was one of the candidates in the Pakistani election scheduled for January 2008. On the evening of December 27, 2007, Ms. Bhutto appeared before a large crowd in Rawalpindi to campaign. Immediately after finishing her speech, Ms. Bhutto was shot three times in the chest and neck by a man who also detonated a suicide bomb.

4. Assassination of US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens

On September 11, 2012, former US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three US embassy staff in Libya were killed in a wave of protests against a US-produced film, which was said to defame the Prophet Muhammad of Islam. Protesters attacked the US consulate in the city of Benghazi, throwing grenades and shooting inside the building. Although security forces returned fire, Libyan officials said the militia was too numerous and overwhelmed. Ambassador Stevens is believed to have died of suffocation in the attack.

5. Assassination of Russian Ambassador to Türkiye Andrey Karlov

The most recent assassination that shocked the world was the 22-year-old Turkish gunman who shot dead Russian Ambassador Andrey Karlov, while he was participating in the cultural exhibition “Russia in Turkish Eyes” in Ankara, on November 19, 2016.

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