Assassinations - Murders - Page 129

October 20, 2023

Main suspect in 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse gets arrested

Former government employee Joseph Badio, who was fired weeks before the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, has been arrested.

October 5, 2023

Star Wars-obsessed Englishman gets 9 years for 2021 plot to kill Queen Elizabeth II with crossbow

Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for attempting to execute a 2021 assassination plot against the late Queen Elizabeth II.

September 29, 2023

'Justice will be served' in Tupac Shakur's murder: DA

Las Vegas Clark County district attorney Steve Wilson delivers remarks following Duane Davis indictment in Tupac Shakur murder.

September 25, 2023

Ford's Theatre tickets from night of Lincoln assassination sell for $262.5K at auction

Two front-row balcony tickets to Ford's Theatre for April 14, 1865 — the night John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln — sold at auction for $262,500.

September 12, 2023

JFK assassination witness offers new details that undermine 'magic bullet theory': 'Beginning to doubt myself'

Ex-Secret Service agent Paul Landis has spoken out after 60 years and provided new details about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

September 8, 2023

Theater tickets from the night Abraham Lincoln was shot are up for auction, expected to go for $100,000

A set of Ford's Theatre tickets from the night Abraham Lincoln was killed are up for auction for the second time — and are expected to sell for over $80,000 to a lucky bidder.

September 6, 2023

Suspect indicted for attempted murder of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida

Ryuji Kimura, 24, was indicted Wednesday on attempted murder and other charged as he is believed to be responsible for the attempted assassination of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

August 29, 2023

Dutch prosecutors want 12-year sentence for cricketer accused of placing bounty on populist figurehead Wilders

Dutch prosecutors on Tuesday demanded a 12-year prison sentence for Khalid Latif, who is accused of offering a $23,000 bounty to anyone who killed right-wing politician Geert Wilders.

August 24, 2023

Zelenskyy says Ukraine not involved in crash of Wagner Group owner Prigozhin's plane

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denied any involvement in the plane crash that has allegedly killed Wagner Group mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.

August 16, 2023

Prominent Bulgarian businessman shot, killed in broad daylight following 2 previous assassination attempts

A prominent businessman and former politician, Alexey Petrov, was shot and killed in broad daylight in Bulgaria, where killings of public figures used to be a common occurrence.