Editing 2020s (section)

==Assassinations and attempts==
{{further|List of assassinations}}

[[File:Qasem Soleimani with Zolfaghar Order (cropped).jpg|thumb|120px|upright|right|[[Qasem Soleimani]]]]
[[File:Kelly Craft poses a photo with Haitian President Moise (cropped).jpg|thumb|120px|upright|right|[[Jovenel Moïse]]]]
[[File:Shinzō Abe 20120501 (cropped).jpg|thumb|120px|upright|right|[[Shinzo Abe]]]]
[[File:Ayman al-Zawahiri portrait.JPG|thumb|120px|upright|right|[[Ayman al-Zawahiri]]]]
[[File:Donald Trump (52250930172) (cropped).jpg|thumb|120px|upright|right|[[Donald Trump]]]]
[[File:Ismail Haniyeh 2024 portrait 3x4.jpg|thumb|120px|upright|right|[[Ismail Haniyeh]]]]
[[File:Sayyid Nasrallah.jpg|thumb|120px|upright|right|[[Hassan Nasrallah]]]]
[[File:Yahya Sinwar portrait 3x4.jpg|thumb|120px|upright|right|[[Yahya Sinwar]]]]

Prominent assassinations, targeted killings, and assassination attempts include:

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| 3 January 2020
| [[Qasem Soleimani]], Iranian general, and leader in the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard]], is killed in an [[2020 Baghdad International Airport airstrike|airstrike]] conducted by the United States near [[Baghdad International Airport]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/rockets-baghdad-airport-injuries-reported |title=Trump orders attack that kills Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, other military officials in Baghdad, Pentagon says |access-date=24 February 2020 |archive-date=24 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224000443/https://www.foxnews.com/world/rockets-baghdad-airport-injuries-reported |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 27 November 2020
| [[Mohsen Fakhrizadeh]], a senior official in the [[Nuclear program of Iran|nuclear program in Iran]], is [[Mohsen Fakhrizadeh#Assassination|killed]] in an ambush against his motorcade in [[Absard]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Alleged head of Iran's nuclear weapons program is assassinated near Tehran |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/head-of-irans-nuclear-weapons-program-said-assassinated-near-tehran/ |work=[[The Times of Israel]] |date=27 November 2020 |access-date=27 November 2020 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127140146/https://www.timesofisrael.com/head-of-irans-nuclear-weapons-program-said-assassinated-near-tehran/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 22 February 2021
| [[Luca Attanasio]], Italian ambassador to the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], is [[Killing of Luca Attanasio|killed]] by gunmen while traveling in [[North Kivu]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Specia |first1=Megan |last2=Pianigiani |first2=Gaia |date=22 February 2021 |title=Italian Ambassador Among Three Killed in Attack on U.N. Convoy in Congo |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/world/africa/italy-ambassador-killed-congo-ambush.html |access-date=22 February 2021 |archive-date=23 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223015443/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/world/africa/italy-ambassador-killed-congo-ambush.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 20 April 2021
| [[Idriss Déby]], 6th President of Chad, is [[2021 Northern Chad offensive|killed]] while commanding forces against [[Front for Change and Concord in Chad|rebels]] during the [[Insurgency in Northern Chad]], and is succeeded by transitional president and military general, [[Mahamat Déby|Mahamat Kaka]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210420-chadian-president-idriss-d%C3%A9by-has-died-of-injuries-suffered-on-the-frontline-army |title=Chadian President Idriss Deby dies on frontline, rebels vow to keep fighting |date=20 April 2021 |website=France 24 |access-date=8 November 2022 |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420104844/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210420-chadian-president-idriss-d%C3%A9by-has-died-of-injuries-suffered-on-the-frontline-army |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 6 May 2021
| [[Mohamed Nasheed]], Speaker of the [[Maldives|Maldivian]] [[People's Majlis]], is [[Attempted assassination of Mohamed Nasheed|wounded]] in an explosion alleged by Maldivian authorities to have been conducted by religious extremists.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://avas.mv/en/99833 |title=May 6 blast suspects remanded into custody |website=avas.mv |access-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511055446/https://avas.mv/en/99833 |archive-date=11 May 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| 7 July 2021
| [[Jovenel Moïse]], 43rd President of Haiti, is [[Assassination of Jovenel Moïse|killed]] by gunmen at his private residence. [[First Ladies and Gentlemen of Haiti|First Lady]] [[Martine Moïse]] is severely wounded.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/07/americas/haiti-president-jovenel-moise-attack-intl/index.html |title=Haiti President Jovenel Moise assassinated in attack on his residence |website=CNN |date=7 July 2021 |access-date=13 October 2022 |archive-date=7 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707132610/https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/07/americas/haiti-president-jovenel-moise-attack-intl/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 15 October 2021
| [[David Amess]], British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] MP, is [[Murder of David Amess|killed]] by an Islamic terrorist during a constituency surgery.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58930593 |title=Sir David Amess: Conservative MP stabbed to death |work=BBC News |date=15 October 2021 |access-date=13 October 2022 |archive-date=18 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018145228/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58930593 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 7 November 2021
| |[[Mustafa Al-Kadhimi]], Prime Minister of Iraq, survives a [[Attempted assassination of Mustafa Al-Kadhimi|drone attack]] that injures six in his security detail.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/drone-attack-targets-iraq-pm-who-escapes-unhurt-iraq-military-2021-11-07/ |title=Iraqi PM safe after drone attack on residence, military says |newspaper=Reuters |date=7 November 2021 |last1=Davison |first1=John |last2=Rasheed |first2=Ahmed |access-date=13 October 2022 |archive-date=7 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107110616/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/drone-attack-targets-iraq-pm-who-escapes-unhurt-iraq-military-2021-11-07/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|3 February 2022
| [[Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi]], 2nd [[Caliph]] of the [[Islamic State]], is [[Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi#Death|killed]] in [[Atme]] during a counter-terrorism raid by [[United States|U.S.]] special forces in north-western [[Syria]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-60246129 |title=Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi killed in Syria, US says |work=BBC News |date=3 February 2022 |access-date=30 November 2022 |archive-date=7 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207103806/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-60246129 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|8 June 2022
| [[Brett Kavanaugh]], a United States [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court Justice]], is the target of an [[Brett Kavanaugh assassination plot|assassination plot]] in which the alleged assassin was motivated by a [[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization#Leaked draft opinion|leaked Supreme Court decision]] that was poised to overrule ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'', the 1973 decision that guaranteed abortion as a right.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/calif-man-indicted-attempting-assassinate-brett-kavanaugh-arrest/story?id=85423002 |title=Calif. man indicted for allegedly attempting to assassinate Brett Kavanaugh at his home |website=ABC News |access-date=7 May 2023 |archive-date=26 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526194407/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/calif-man-indicted-attempting-assassinate-brett-kavanaugh-arrest/story?id=85423002 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|8 July 2022
| [[Shinzo Abe]], former prime minister of Japan, is [[Assassination of Shinzo Abe|killed]] while giving a campaign speech by a former navy sailor who held a grudge against the South Korean-based [[Unification Church]].<ref name="NHKWorld">{{cite news |date=8 July 2022 |title=Man taken into custody after former Japanese PM Abe Shinzo collapses |work=[[NHK World]] |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220708_19/ |url-status=live |access-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708032135/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220708_19/ |archive-date=8 July 2022}}</ref>
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|31 July 2022
| [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]], the leader of the [[Salafi jihadism|Salafi-jihadist]] group [[al-Qaeda]], is [[Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri|killed]] by a drone strike conducted by the US-based [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] in [[Kabul]], Afghanistan.<ref name="NYTimesInfo">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/us/politics/al-qaeda-strike-afghanistan.html |title=U.S. Drone Strike Kills Ayman al-Zawahri, Top Qaeda Leader |date=1 August 2022 |last1=Baker |first1=Peter |last2=Cooper |first2=Helene |last3=Barnes |first3=Julian |last4=Schmitt |first4=Eric |work=The New York Times |access-date=1 August 2022 |archive-date=1 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801215209/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/us/politics/al-qaeda-strike-afghanistan.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|12 August 2022
| [[Salman Rushdie]], an Indian-born British-American novelist, is [[Stabbing of Salman Rushdie|stabbed multiple times]] as he is about to give a public lecture at the [[Chautauqua Institution]] in [[Chautauqua, New York]], United States. Rushdie has been the subject of a [[fatwā]] written by Supreme Leader of Iran [[Ruhollah Khomeini]] calling for his death since 1989.<ref>{{cite news |last=Goodman |first=Joshua |date=12 August 2022 |title=Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York |url=https://apnews.com/article/salman-rushdie-attacked-9eae99aea82cb0d39628851ecd42227a |access-date=12 August 2022 |publisher=Associated Press |archive-date=12 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812152059/https://apnews.com/article/salman-rushdie-attacked-9eae99aea82cb0d39628851ecd42227a |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Staniszewski |first=Eugene J. |date=12 August 2022 |title=State Police are investigating an attack on author Salman Rushdie |url=https://www.nyspnews.com/state-police-are-investigating-an-attack-on-author-salman-rushdie.htm |access-date=12 August 2022 |publisher=New York State Police Newsroom |archive-date=12 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812214959/https://www.nyspnews.com/state-police-are-investigating-an-attack-on-author-salman-rushdie.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|1 September 2022
| [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner]], former vice president and former president of Argentina, survives an [[Attempted assassination of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner|attempt]] on her life after the assailant's weapon malfunctions.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/01/world/americas/cristina-kirchner-attack.html |title=Argentina's Vice President Unharmed After Assassination Attempt |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2 September 2022 |last1=Nicas |first1=Jack |last2=Alcoba |first2=Natalie |access-date=13 October 2022 |archive-date=2 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902023016/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/01/world/americas/cristina-kirchner-attack.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|15 October 2022
|[[Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi]], 3rd Caliph of the [[Islamic State]], is killed by wearing and detonating a [[suicide vest]] during battle against [[Free Syrian Army]] rebels in the city of [[Jasim]] in [[Daraa Governorate]], [[Syria]]. He is succeeded by [[Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi]].
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|28 October 2022
| [[Nancy Pelosi]], Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, is the [[Attack on Paul Pelosi|target of a failed assassination attempt]] when a man armed with a hammer breaks into her residence. He instead assaults [[Paul Pelosi|her husband]], causing serious injuries as she was not home at the time of the attempt.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Suspect-in-Paul-Pelosi-attack-was-looking-for-17545493.php |title=Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack was looking for wife Nancy in S.F. home, D.A. Jenkins confirms |first=Nora |last=Mishanec |date=30 October 2022 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=31 October 2022 |archive-date=31 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031111029/https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Suspect-in-Paul-Pelosi-attack-was-looking-for-17545493.php |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|3 November 2022
| [[Imran Khan]], former prime minister of Pakistan, is [[Attempted assassination of Imran Khan|shot]] in the leg while traveling in a convoy in [[Wazirabad]] amid [[2022 Azadi March-II|anti-government protests]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/03/imran-khan-shot-in-assassination-attempt-in-pakistan |title=Imran Khan wounded in 'assassination attempt' in Pakistan |date=3 November 2022 |website=The Guardian |access-date=3 November 2022 |archive-date=10 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010002335/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/03/imran-khan-shot-in-assassination-attempt-in-pakistan |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 3 May 2023
| [[Vladimir Putin]], President of [[Russia]], is alleged to have been the target of an [[2023 Kremlin drone attack|unsuccessful drone attack]] on the Kremlin according to Russian authorities. Ukraine, which is at [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|war]] with Russia, denied responsibility for the attack.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65471904 |title=Kremlin drone: Zelensky denies Ukraine attacked Putin or Moscow |work=BBC News |date=3 May 2023 |access-date=7 May 2023 |archive-date=3 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503122020/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65471904 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 9 August 2023
| [[Fernando Villavicencio]], Ecuadorian politician and candidate for [[President of Ecuador]], is [[Assassination of Fernando Villavicencio|shot to death]] following a campaign event in [[Quito]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Hallam |first1=Jonny |last2=Cañizares |first2=Ana Maria |last3=Suarez |first3=Karol |last4=Regan |first4=Helen |date=2023-08-10 |title=Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated at campaign event |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/09/americas/ecuador-presidential-candidate-fernando-villavicencio-assassinated-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=CNN |archive-date=10 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810011245/https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/09/americas/ecuador-presidential-candidate-fernando-villavicencio-assassinated-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 23 August 2023
| Key figures in the Russian paramilitary organization [[Wagner Group]], including its founder and leader [[Yevgeny Prigozhin]], are killed in a plane [[2023 Wagner Group plane crash|crash]] widely believed to have been an assassination carried out by the Russian government after an attempted [[Wagner Group rebellion|rebellion]] by Prigozhin earlier in the summer.<ref name="PutinDuh">{{cite news |date=24 August 2023 |last=Fornusek |first=Martin |title=Zelensky: 'Everyone understands' who is behind Prigozhin's reported death |url=https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-everyone-understands-who-is-related-to-prigozhins-death/ |access-date=24 August 2023 |website=[[The Kyiv Independent]] |archive-date=24 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824145620/https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-everyone-understands-who-is-related-to-prigozhins-death/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dev-isw.bivings.com/ |title=Institute for the Study of War |website=Institute for the Study of War |access-date=13 September 2023 |archive-date=25 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325065358/https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-24 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| 2 January 2024
|[[South Korea]]n opposition leader [[Lee Jae-myung]] is [[Attempted assassination of Lee Jae-myung|stabbed]] in the neck during a visit to [[Busan]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Han-joo |first=Kim |date=2 January 2024 |title=(LEAD) Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung attacked during visit to Busan |url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240102003451315 |access-date=2 January 2024 |website=Yonhap News Agency |archive-date=2 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102053946/https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240102003451315 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|3 March 2024
|A convoy carrying [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]], President of Ukraine, and [[Kyriakos Mitsotakis]], Prime Minister of Greece, in the city of Odesa are [[6 March 2024 Odesa strike|targeted by a Russian missile strike]] that kills at least five people with at least one missile reportedly missing them by 150 meters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Christian |date=6 March 2024 |title=Russian missile strike hits near Zelensky and Greek PM in Odesa |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/06/europe/russia-missile-odesa-greece-russia-zelensky-intl/index.html |access-date=6 March 2024 |website=[[CNN]] |archive-date=6 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306193525/https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/06/europe/russia-missile-odesa-greece-russia-zelensky-intl/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|15 May 2024
|[[Robert Fico]], [[Prime Minister of Slovakia|Prime Minister]] of [[Slovakia]] is [[Shooting of Robert Fico|shot]] while meeting with supporters at an event in [[Handlová]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 May 2024 |title=Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico shot in head and chest, reports say |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/slovakia-prime-minister-robert-fico-shot-head-chest/ |access-date=15 May 2024 |website=[[Politico]] |archive-date=15 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515171305/https://www.politico.eu/article/slovakia-prime-minister-robert-fico-shot-head-chest/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|13 July 2024
|[[Donald Trump]], former president of the United States, is [[Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania|shot]] at a [[Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]] rally he held near [[Butler, Pennsylvania|Butler]], [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trump survives assassination attempt at campaign rally, as it unfolded |url=https://apnews.com/live/election-biden-trump-campaign-updates-07-13-2024 |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
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|31 July 2024
|[[Ismail Haniyeh]], Palestinian political leader of [[Hamas]], is [[Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh|assassinated]] in [[Tehran]] in an attack widely believed to have been conducted by [[Israel]].
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|15 September 2024
|[[Donald Trump]], former President of the United States and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] nominee in the [[2024 United States presidential election]], is the subject of a [[Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Florida|second assassination attempt]] at his [[Mar-a-Lago]] estate in [[Florida]], after nearly being killed in [[Butler, Pennsylvania]] two months prior.<ref>{{Cite news |title=2nd apparent assassination attempt on Trump: Everything we know so far |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/09/16/g-s1-23232/up-first-newsletter-second-apparent-assassination-attempt-trump-emmy-awards-recap |access-date=2025-04-18 |work=NPR |language=en}}</ref>
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|27 September 2024
| [[Hassan Nasrallah]], leader of [[Hezbollah]], is killed in an [[Assassination of Hassan Nasrallah|airstrike]] by the [[Israeli Air Force]] in [[Beirut]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Several explosions in Beirut as Israel says it attacked Hezbollah HQ |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/27/several-explosions-in-beirut-as-israel-says-it-attacked-hezbollah-hq |access-date=27 September 2024 |website=Al Jazeera |archive-date=27 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927195724/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/27/several-explosions-in-beirut-as-israel-says-it-attacked-hezbollah-hq |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|16 October 2024
|[[Yahya Sinwar]], Palestinian political leader of [[Hamas]], is [[Killing of Yahya Sinwar|killed]] in [[Rafah]] in a military operation conducted by [[Israel]], two months after the assassination of his predecessor Ismail Haniyeh.
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|4 December 2024
|[[Brian Thompson (businessman)|Brian Thompson]], American businessman and CEO of [[UnitedHealthcare]], is [[Killing of Brian Thompson|shot and killed]] outside the [[New York Hilton Midtown]] hotel in [[Manhattan|Manhattan, New York City]]. The suspected assassin, [[Luigi Mangione]], received support and was celebrated, by many online, as a [[folk hero]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Halpert |first=Madeline |date=December 4, 2024 |title=Brian Thompson: United Healthcare CEO fatally shot outside Manhattan hotel |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv3dnm64vlo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204154011if_/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv3dnm64vlo |archive-date=December 4, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |work=[[BBC News]] |location=New York City}}</ref><ref name="nbc-merch">{{cite news |last=Tenbarge |first=Kat |date=December 10, 2024 |title=Merch sellers cash in on UnitedHealthcare CEO killing |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/united-healthcare-ceo-killer-suspect-merch-luigi-mangione-rcna183444 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212123113/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/united-healthcare-ceo-killer-suspect-merch-luigi-mangione-rcna183444 |archive-date=December 12, 2024 |access-date=December 10, 2024 |website=NBC News}}</ref>
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|16 December 2024
|[[Igor Kirillov (general)|Igor Kirillov]], [[Russian NBC Protection Troops]] commander Lieutenant-General, is [[Igor Kirillov (general)#Assassination|assassinated]] by a scooter bombing in Moscow.<ref>{{Cite web| first1 = Pjotr |last1 = Sauer| first2 = Luke |last2 = Harding | title = Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov: Russian general killed in Moscow explosion| url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/17/lieutenant-general-igor-kirillov-russian-general-killed-moscow-explosion-chemical-weapons| website = The Guardian| date = 17 December 2024| access-date = 18 December 2024}}</ref>
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|18 March 2025
|[[Hassan Sheikh Mohamud]], the [[President of Somalia]], narrowly survives an [[Attempted assassination of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud|assassination attempt]] by the militant group [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]] at his [[Villa Somalia|presidential palace]] in [[Mogadishu]].
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|12 April 2025
|[[Paetongtarn Shinawatra]], [[Prime Minister of Thailand]], survived an assassination attempt by an angry man while providing relief to [[2025 Myanmar earthquake|Myanmar earthquake]] victims during the [[Songkran (Thailand)|Songkran festival]] in [[Bangkok]].
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