assassination
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Oli has previously rejected the findings of the commission, which also recommended the arrest of former police chief Chandra Kuber Khapung, telling the Annapurna Post they were "character assassination and hate politics".
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Masoud Pezeshkian said the "cowardly assassination" had left Iran "in deep mourning", after Israel said on Wednesday it had killed Khatib in an air strike.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
For baby boomers, the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council who formerly served as the late Khamenei’s top advisor, said in his first remarks since the ayatollah’s killing that his assassination was unprecedented.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026
Mary Lincoln never recovered from Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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