political murder
Forsætligt drab med politisk motiv, rettet mod en person på grund af dennes politiske position, gerninger eller symbolværdi. Ikke en selvstændig juridisk kategori i dansk ret, men et analytisk begreb med stor faktisk og historisk betydning.
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Luis Donaldo Colosio Assassination — Mexico's Political Murder
The Colosio assassination is a Mexican political homicide case from 1994, in which presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio was shot dead at a campaign rally in Tijuana by Mario Aburto Martínez.
The Assassination of Malcolm X — Shooting at the Audubon Ballroom
The assassination of Malcolm X is a 1965 American political murder case in which civil rights leader Malcolm X was shot dead on stage in Manhattan at age 39.
Detlev Karsten Rohwedder — The RAF Assassination in Düsseldorf, 1991
Detlev Karsten Rohwedder, chairman of the Treuhand agency, was killed by RAF terrorists at his home in Düsseldorf on 1 April 1991. The assassination was the most high-profile terrorist attack in Germany in decades. His murder was never fully solved.
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