World news about “Assassination” published by euronews.
Pakistan: senior female politician in Khan’s PTI party shot The senior vice-president of the party led by Pakistani international cricketer Imran Khan has been shot. Zahra Shahid Hussain was killed outside her home… 19/05/2013
Bhutto assassination prosecutor gunned down in Islamabad A leading Pakistani prosecutor has been shot dead in Islamabad. Chaudhry Zulfikar, who was investigating the assassination of former prime minister Benazir… 03/05/2013
Pakistani prosecutor probing Bhutto’s assassination shot dead A prosecutor investigating the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been shot dead. Gunmen on a motorcycle lay in wait for… 03/05/2013
Amanda Knox ponders return to Italy for retrial Amanda Knox, the US student tried for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in 2007, is considering a return to Italy to face a retrial. In her… 30/04/2013
President of Corsica’s national park latest victim of murder wave The president of Corsica’s national park, Jean-Luc Chiappini has been assassinated. The 65-year-old was reportedly shot dead by the passenger of a… 26/04/2013
Knox to be tried again on same Italian murder charge American Amanda Knox is facing calls from the Italian justice system to be tried again for murder – her and Italian former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito… 26/03/2013
Amanda Knox to face retrial for Meredith Kercher murder Italy’s highest court has ordered a retrial for American student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito over the murder of Meredith Kercher… 26/03/2013
Pakistan Taliban threaten to kill returning Musharraf A Pakistani Taliban member has threatened to kill former President Pervez Musharraf when he returns home from exile to contest elections. In a video… 23/03/2013
Pistorius bail hearing adjourns after robust arguments Alone, head bowed and sobbing at times South Africa’s Olympic hero Oscar Pistorius’s second day in court ended after a series of rigorous arguments between… 20/02/2013
Tunisia: anger at Belaid killing – nocomment Demonstrators and riot police clashed on the streets of Tunis as crowds tried to reach the Tunisian Interior Ministry to protest over the assassination of… 08/02/2013
Belgian paedophile asks for early release Belgian paedophile and child killer, Marc Dutroux, has appeared before a court in Brussels. He was asking to be released early and placed under house… 04/02/2013
Kurdish killings: where will the trail lead The apparent premeditation behind the killing of three Kurdish activists in Paris has caused many to ponder on the motives behind the murders. One thing is… 10/01/2013
Putin shouldn’t celebrate – critics Friends of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya – murdered six years ago – continue to demand that the authorities uncover the truth in the unsolved case… 08/10/2012
Munich Olympics disaster in 1972 The Munich games in 1972 were the first organised in Germany nearly three decades after the Second World War. The Germans wanted a pacifist event, unlike the… 05/09/2012
Belgium’s unforgiven Dutroux case In August 1996, Marc Dutroux becomes known to all of Belgium, and will be loathed for his crimes, a cause of national trauma. He is arrested with his wife… 28/08/2012
Gu to hear her fate after not contesting murder charge The woman at the centre of China’s most sensational trial in decades, Gu Kailai, has not contested charges of murder, in a court hearing that lasted just a… 09/08/2012
Cherkesov found guilty A Moscow city court jury has found Aslan Cherkesov guilty of the premeditated murder of Yegor Sviridov, a fan of the football club Spartak. Sviridov was… 25/10/2011
ETA finally accepts ‘nunca mas’ “Our democracy will be without terrorism but it will not forget.” This was Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s response to the promise by… 21/10/2011
CoE condemns failures to protect media freedom Five years after Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered, the picture is far from complete. It is understood that she was killed for her… 07/10/2011
Kercher murder verdict background The scene of the crime of 1 November 2007 — the house where Meredith Kercher was killed, in Perugia, central Italy — was the focal point of police activity… 03/10/2011
Back in the Day: Lincoln shot deadApril 14, 1865. US President Abraham Lincoln was shot while watching ‘Our American Cousin’ in Ford’s Theatre, Washington D.C. His assassin, actor John Wilkes… 13/04/2011
Pistorius back in court for 2nd day of bail hearingWith a blue blanket covering his head, athlete Oscar Pistorius arrived at a Pretoria court for the second day of his bail hearing on Wednesday. The… 20/02/2013
Pistorius cries in court as murder charges read outAthlete Oscar Pistorius has appeared in court in South Africa, charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The world famous amputee known as… 15/02/2013
LA officials say burned chalet body ‘identified’ as DornerThe authorities in Los Angeles say a burned body found in the ruins of a mountain chalet near Los Angeles after a police gunfight was that of Christopher… 15/02/2013
Blade Runner Pistorius set for court on murder chargeSouth African Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius is spending Thursday night behind bars after being charged with the murder of his… 14/02/2013
Reward offered in hunt for ex-cop suspected of three murdersAs the search continues in California for an ex-policeman suspected of three murders, a $1 million (748,000 euros) reward has been offered for information… 11/02/2013
Tunisian prime minister issues ultimatumThere was support on the streets of Tunis as thousands voiced their backing for the country’s governing Islamist party Ennahda. Despite that Prime Minister… 10/02/2013
Tunisia’s Ennahda calls for rally in defence of authoritiesA tense calm returned to the streets of Tunis on Saturday morning following clashes which marred Friday’s funeral of murdered opposition leader Chokri… 09/02/2013
Political chaos threatens Tunisia as Chokri Belaid is laid to restTens of thousands of Tunisians have turned out to mark the passing of assassinated opposition leader Chokri Belaid. The shooting of the secular politician… 09/02/2013
Thousands attend Belaid funeral amid Tunisia strikeThousands of mourners have turned out in Tunis for the funeral of the assassinated opposition politician Chokri Belaid, amid a general strike in protest at… 08/02/2013
Tunisia reels in shock after politician’s killingBystanders looked on with shock and dismay at the bullet-ridden car in which Tunisian politician Chokri Belaid was fatally wounded. It is clear whoever… 07/02/2013
Tunisia killing leads to technocrat governmentStreet violence in Tunisia over the assassination of an outspoken opposition leader has prompted the prime minister to dissolve the government. Tens of… 06/02/2013
Tunisia: demonstrators accuse government of Belaid assassinationDemonstrators in Tunisia have reacted angrily to the assassination of Chokra Belaid, the opposition leader who was gunned down in front of his house on… 06/02/2013
Tunisian opposition leader assassination sparks protestsA Tunisian politician was assassinated on Wednesday sparking protests across the country. Opposition leader Chokri Belaid was shot in the head and chest… 06/02/2013
Tunisia opposition leader killed outside his homeThe leader of one of Tunisia’s main opposition parties has been shot and killed outside his home. Reports claim Chokri Belaïd was hit in the head and chest… 06/02/2013
Armenian elections face delays after candidate shotDoctors in Armenia have removed a bullet from the shoulder of a presidential candidate, who was shot close to his home on Thursday night. Paruyr Hayrikyan… 01/02/2013
Ex-police general gets life sentence for killing Ukrainian journalistA former Ukrainian police officer has been jailed for life for the murder of an investigative journalist 12 years ago. Police General Oleksiy Pukach is the… 29/01/2013
Ukraine ex-policeman jailed for murder of journalist GongadzeA former Ukrainian police officer has been jailed for life for the murder of a campaigning journalist Georgiy Gongadze in 2000. General Oleksiy Pukach… 29/01/2013
Driver questioned in connection with Kurd deathsA 30-year-old man working as a driver for three Kurdish women shot dead in Paris earlier this month has been placed under formal investigation for their… 22/01/2013
Tributes paid to murdered Kurdish activistsA memorial ceremony has taken place in Turkey to commemorate three Kurdish activists killed in Paris last week. The three women were shot after attending a… 15/01/2013
Kurdish protests escalate in ParisThousands of people are out on the streets in France today protesting against the killing of three Kurdish activists earlier this week in Paris. An enquiry… 12/01/2013
Outpouring of grief as Kurds in Paris mourn activist deathsHundreds flocked to the Kurdish Information Centre in the French capital to mourn the deaths of three activists, including Sakine Cansiz the co-founder of the… 11/01/2013
Queries and theories after Paris killing of Kurdish activistAlthough France and Turkey are officially condemning the killing of three Kurdish activists in Paris, there are additional comments and questions from both… 11/01/2013
Kurdish deaths: the PKK’s Paris connectionKurdish activists have suggested the Turkish state was responsible for the women’s murders. A senior member of the ruling party in Turkey has blamed… 10/01/2013
Murders spark Kurdish protests in DiyarbakirAs reports of the murder of three Kurdish women in Paris became public, protesters took to the streets of the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, home to one of… 10/01/2013
France and Turkey condemn killings of Kurdish activistsFrance and Turkey have condemned the killing of three female Kurdish activists in Paris. Kurds turned out in anger after the women’s bodies were found… 10/01/2013
Three Kurdish activists shot dead in ParisThree Kurdish women have been killed at the Kurdish Information Centre in Paris. All three were shot in the head. One of the victims, Sakine Cansiz, is a… 10/01/2013
New York subway murder ‘revenge for 9/11 attacks’New York prosecutors say a woman charged with murdering a man who was pushed in front of a subway train told them she did so in revenge for the 9/11… 30/12/2012
Woman charged with murder for New York subway attackA woman arrested on suspicion of pushing a man to his death in front of an oncoming New York subway train has been charged with second-degree murder. Erika… 30/12/2012
Pakistan clerics denounce attacks on polio aid workersThe death toll from attacks on polio eradication campaign workers in Pakistan has risen to nine after a young student died from gunshot wounds. On Thursday… 20/12/2012
Polio vaccination workers shot dead in PakistanFive female health workers involved in a vaccination programme to eradicate polio have been shot dead in Pakistan. The coordinated attacks claimed the lives… 18/12/2012
Decapitated body of Ukraine judge and family foundThe decapitated bodies of a judge and his family have been found at a flat in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city. Investigators say the heads of the four… 17/12/2012
Politkovskaya murder trial begins behind closed doorsThe trial has begun in Moscow of a former policeman accused over the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was killed as she investigated human… 12/12/2012
Journalist killed in southern RussiaAnother journalist in Russia has paid the ultimate price for digging into the truth with their life. 28 year-old Kazbek Guekkiiev was shot three times in… 06/12/2012
Death of Russian in wealthy Surrey “unexplained”A Russian businessman helping Swiss prosecutors uncover a powerful fraud syndicate has died in mysterious circumstances in one of the UK’s most exclusive… 29/11/2012
Was Yasser Arafat the victim of an Israeli assassination?On October 29, 2004 Yasser Arafat is on board a helicopter. The man some call “The father of Palestine’‘ is critically ill. An air ambulance in Jordan… 27/11/2012
Results of Arafat poison tests to take ‘several weeks’The remains of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat have been re-buried in Ramallah after his body was exhumed to try to determine whether he was… 27/11/2012
Corsican businessman gunned down in AjaccioThe French prime minister has said the murder of a leading Corsican businessman was the work of the mafia. Jacques Nacer was shot dead in his own shop in… 15/11/2012
Chinese former police chief sentenced over British murderA court in China has sentenced a former police chief to 15 years in prison for his part in the murder of a British businessman. Chinese state media say Wang… 24/09/2012
Litvinenko inquest to examine alleged Kremlin linkAn inquest into the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko is likely to examine claims that he was murdered on Kremlin orders. Litvinenko, a… 21/09/2012
Shooting survivor returns home from French alpsOne of the two surviving girls from the assassinations in the French alps, four year-old Zeena al-Hilli, is back home in Britain. She has returned from… 09/09/2012
Police search Saad al-Hilli home as murder hunt continuesPolice in southeast England have been searching the Claygate home in Surrey of a British family gunned down while holidaying in the French Alps. It is part… 08/09/2012
Brother of French Alps murder victim rejects dispute claimsThe brother of a British man shot dead in the French Alps has denied that he was involved in a financial feud with his sibling. Saad al-Hilli was killed in… 08/09/2012
No rift between brothers in French multiple killingFrench police investigating the brutal multiple murder in the Alps say they are following a number of leads, but are no closer to establishing a… 07/09/2012
Police probe feud as motive for murder in French AlpsThree members of British family killed in France may have been the victims of a contract killing, according to detectives. Saad al-Hilli, his wife Iqbal and… 07/09/2012
Teenager given one-year sentence after ‘Facebook murder’In a case which has become known as the ‘Facebook Murder’, a 15-year old Dutch boy has been sentenced to one year juvenile detention for stabbing to death… 04/09/2012
Shot miners charged with murder270 striking mine workers are being charged with murder after police shot dead 34 of their colleagues. They are being tried under South Africa’s “common… 30/08/2012
Parole given to accomplice of Belgium child-killerThe ex-wife and accomplice of Belgian child killer Marc Dutroux has been granted parole. Michelle Martin has served 16 years of a 30-year sentence for… 28/08/2012
Belgium: Early release from jail for Dutroux’s ex-wifeA Belgian court has given the green light for the release from jail of Michelle Martin, the ex-wife and accomplice of notorious child murderer Marc… 28/08/2012
Life for killer of South Africa white supremacist Terre’blancheA black farmworker has been sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa for the murder of white supremacist leader Eugene Terre’blanche in 2010. The… 22/08/2012
Gu Kailai jailed for Heywood murder in ChinaA Chinese woman convicted of murdering a British businessman has been given a suspended death sentence. Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced Politburo member Bo… 20/08/2012
China: Gu Kailai given suspended death sentence for murderA court in China has handed down a suspended death sentence to the wife of disgraced politician Bo Xilai. In a scandal that has rocked China’s political… 20/08/2012
Families of Munich victims slam IOCThe widow of the one of the 11 Israelis murdered by Palestinian gunmen at the Munich Olympics in 1972, voiced her anger at the International Olympic Committee… 07/08/2012
Twentieth anniversary of death of Italy anti-mafia magistrate BorsellinoOn the 20th anniversary of the killing of Italian anti-mafia judge Paolo Borsellino, the United Nations’ top anti-crime official has praised the work he did… 19/07/2012
Billionaire charged with delaying the burial of his wifeBillionaire Hans Rausing, heir to the Tetra Pak carton empire , has been charged with delaying the burial of his wife Eva. The body of the 48-year-old was… 18/07/2012
Canadian police confirm identity of a head found in parkPolice in Montreal have confirmed that a human head found in a park belongs to a Chinese student who is thought to have been dismembered by a Canadian porn… 05/07/2012
Was Yasser Arafat really poisoned?Scientists in Switzerland claim to have found traces of polonium in the effects of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Test results presented in a… 04/07/2012
Canada ‘Psycho killer’ suspect pleads not guiltyLuka Rocco Magnotta, dubbed the ‘Canadian Psycho’ has told a Quebec court he is not guilty of all the charges laid. The 29-year-old porn actor arrived back… 19/06/2012
Police target Paris bars in Canadian Psycho probePolice hunting the so-called ‘Canadian Psycho’ killer have been carrying out what they call ‘targeted searches’ in and around Paris. Interpol issued a Red… 03/06/2012
Transatlantic hunt for Canadian suspect in grizzly murderPolice both sides of the Atlantic are now hunting Luka Rocco Magnotta, a Canadian porn star suspected of murder. Detectives say the 29-year-old may be… 02/06/2012
Journalist found murdered in MexicoPolice in the Mexican city of Cuernavaca have found the body of a journalist inside the boot of his own car. It follows the deaths last month of four other… 15/05/2012
Afghanistan: peace negotiator shot dead, four soldiers killedA top Afghan official negotiating a peace deal with the Taliban has been shot dead in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul. Maulvi Arsala Rahmani, a former Taliban… 13/05/2012
Florida murder suspect released on bailGeorge Zimmerman, the former neighbourhood watch volunteer accused of killing an unarmed Florida teenager, has been freed on bail. The 28-year-old was… 23/04/2012
Florida watchman charged with murder of black teenagerGeorge Zimmerman, a neighbourhood watch volunteer in Florida, has been charged with killing an unarmed black teenager in a racially-charged case that has… 12/04/2012
Killing on the streets sparks strike and angerA floral tribute marks the place on a Brussels street where a transport inspector was beaten to death. The killing has caused outrage in the Belgian capital… 08/04/2012
Public transport in Brussels suspended following fatal attackPublic transport in the Belgian capital has been suspended until after the Easter holidays following a tragic attack on a member of staff. A controller for… 08/04/2012
Calls for gay rights law after neo-nazi killingThousands of Chileans have joined the funeral procession for a gay man tortured and beaten to death by presumed neo-Nazis. Daniel Zumudio was beaten on… 31/03/2012
Trayvon Martin’s killer acted in self-defence, says his fatherThe father of the man who shot Trayvon Martin dead said on Friday that his son acted in self-defence. Robert Zimmerman told local Florida television that the… 30/03/2012
Chile calls for a new law after gay attackIn Chile a vigil has been held for a gay man who was brutally beaten to death by several suspected neo-Nazis. The case has prompted a national debate in the… 29/03/2012
US rallies for dead black teenager Trayvon MartinA series of demonstrations took place across America on Saturday dedicated to Trayvon Martin, who was killed one month ago. Protesters are angry that the… 25/03/2012
Muslims in Belgium hold unity rallyIn Belgium, more than 2000 people joined a “white march” on Sunday in memory of the Imam who died during a recent arson attack on a Brussels mosque. Those… 18/03/2012
Al-Qaeda kills American teacher in YemenAn American working as a teacher in Yemen has been shot by al-Qaeda. He was killed in an attack by two men on a motorcycle in the city of Taiz, 200… 18/03/2012
French soldiers shot dead by mystery gunmanTwo French soldiers have been shot dead and a third seriously injured by a gunman on a scooter in broad daylight in southwestern France. The men, who were… 16/03/2012
Kill Putin: Russia ‘foils plot’ on PM’s lifeRussia and Ukraine have foiled a plot to kill Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, according to state television. The pro-Kremlin Channel One station… 27/02/2012
Russia foils ‘Chechen plot’ to kill PM PutinRussian and Ukrainian secret services have foiled a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, state television in Russia reported on Monday. The… 27/02/2012
Rami al-Sayed: the eyes of Homs closed by shellingRami al-Sayed is one of Syria’s citizen journalists to have ignored state censorship in an attempt to show the world what is happening in their country. He… 22/02/2012
Back in the Day: Malcolm X assassinatedFebruary, 21 1965: Malcolm Little, known to the world as Malcolm X, is shot dead at a meeting in New York City. The black civil rights leader was preparing to… 20/02/2012
Serb arrested in Spain over Djindjic killingSpanish police have arrested a man convicted over the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic. Vladimir Milisavljevic was detained along with… 10/02/2012
Ethiopian attack survivors arrive in Addis AbabaSurvivors of a deadly attack in Ethiopia’s remote Afar region have arrived back in the capital, Addis Ababa. Tired-looking and still dressed in their hiking… 18/01/2012
Five dead, four missing in Ethiopia attackEthiopian security forces are hunting gunmen who kidapped four people including two German tourists and killed five others in an attack in the Afar… 18/01/2012
