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While a screening error might have let a weapon through, a motivated assailant should have been detected and caught long before reaching the airport, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

He also said he thought the officer was a mystery assailant.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Marx claims to be the world’s fastest gun disarmer, a skill that seems to require an assailant to stick a handgun directly in your face rather than shoot you from a few feet away.

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026

Secret Service agents tackled the alleged assailant before he was able to reach the ballroom where the gala was taking place.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

However, when the scene is reenacted many times under comparable lighting conditions by a court investigating the case, the victim correctly identifies the race of the assailant only about 80 percent of the time.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

She said her memory of what happened was spotty and she did not get a good look at either of the two assailants, but described them as white men, according to the New York Times.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Meanwhile, Rita told the sheriff’s deputies that she thought she could identify one of the assailants.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

He accused the presidents of France, Benin and Ivory Coast -- Emmanuel Macron, Patrice Talon and Alassane Ouattara -- of sponsoring the assailants.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

Despite video evidence showing the unprovoked attack, Oliva was barred from suing his assailants because Section 1983 doesn’t apply to federal officials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

Too late, Torak realized that Wolf had not been growling at the auroch -but at these silent assailants.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver