57 rows · Killed during an argument over a political appointment. Charles Bent: 1847 Governor of New Mexico Territory: Taos, New Mexico (in his home) arrows and scalping Tomás Romero; Pablo Montoya: Targeted during Taos Revolt, a popular uprising against newly asserted US authority over the region after the Mexican-American War. Tommy Burks: Democratic: 1998

There have been a number of political assassinations in post-apartheid South Africa. In 2013 it was reported that there had been more than 450 political assassinations in the province of KwaZulu-Natal since the end of apartheid in 1994. In July 2013 the Daily Maverick reported that there had been "59 political murders in the last five years". In August 2016 it was reported that …

For the purposes of this article, an assassination is defined as the deliberate, premeditated murder of a prominent figure, often for religious or political reasons. Afghanistan. Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes February 20, 1919 Habibullah Khan, emir of Afghanistan: November 8, 1933 Mohammed Nadir Shah, king of ...

According to Palestinian sources, the IDF assassinated 13 political activists in Area A under full Palestinian Authority, with 9 civilian casualties. 2001 Israel killed 35 suspected Palestinian militants. 2002 Israel killed 72 suspected militants.

Assassinationis the murderof an important or popular person. Usually the person is a politicalleader, like the head of a countryor a political party. Assassinations are usually done for political reasons or for payment.[1] A person who assassinatessomeone is called an assassin. Assassination of Abraham Lincolnby John Wilkes Booth

Justification of political assassination The assassination of the Duke of Orléans On 23 November 1407, assassins in the pay of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, murdered Louis I, Duke of Orléans, brother of mentally ill Charles VI. The unpopular Duke of Orléans was widely held responsible for public disorder and heavy, arbitrary taxation.

The term assassination is generally applied only to political murders—in the United States, most commonly to attempts on the life of the president. However, the classification of any one incident as an assassination may be in part a matter of perception.