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The man accused of attempting to assassinate Robert Fico was ordered to remain behind bars Saturday. Fico is in serious but stable condition after surviving multiple gunshots, officials said. Slovakia’s Specialised Criminal Court ordered the detention of the suspect after prosecutors said they feared he could flee or carry out other crimes if set free, a court spokesperson said. The suspect can appeal the order to the Supreme Court. Fico, 59, was shot in the abdomen as he greeted supporters following a government meeting Wednesday in the former coal mining town of Handlova, officials said. The...
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French President Emmanuel Macron had to postpone his visit to Ukraine last week, citing security reasons without giving more detail. Very quickly, rumours started to swirl on social media. According to a video segment allegedly aired on the international news channel France 24, the reason why Emmanuel Macron cancelled his trip is because Kyiv was preparing to assassinate the French leader. The video looks like it was show by a France 24 viewer and appears to show part of a news broadcast. Below is the translation of the clip's narration: French President Emmanuel Macron was forced to cancel hi...
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Miami (AFP) - A US court sentenced a retired Colombian military officer to life in prison for his role in the assassination of Haiti's president in 2021. The United States says it has jurisdiction in the case because it alleges the plot to kill president Jovenel Moise was hatched in part in the US. German Rivera, considered one of the leaders of the mercenary squad that shot and killed Moise in his residence outside Port au Prince, appeared before Judge Jose Martinez to hear the sentence. Rivera, a retired captain, pleaded guilty last month to taking part in the plan. On Friday, dressed in bro...
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By Hera Rizwan Jaswant Singh Chail, the man who had planned to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II after being influenced by a chatbot "girlfriend", has received a nine-year prison sentence on Thursday. Chail tried executing his plot at Windsor Castle in December 2021, where he climbed the walls and was apprehended with a loaded crossbow. Turns out, Chail had one other unhealthy influence in his life. He was a passionate Star Wars enthusiast, so much so that he wore a metal mask inspired by the dark force in the science fiction and fantasy franchise, as he aimed at "killing the queen". Also Read:Jo...
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By Archis Chowdhury Following the assassination of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj in front of police and media personnel, video recordings of the event showed the assassins chanting slogans of "Jai Shri Ram", while being apprehended by the police. Social media was soon rife with users claiming that the footage showing the slogans being raised are fake, and that no such slogans were raised. The claims also added that this was confirmed by witnessing police officers and media personnel. BOOM found these claims to be false; we watched seve...
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By Srijit Das Several photos of United States comedian Sam Hyde are viral on social media misidentifying him as the gunman who shot the former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Abe (67) was assassinated on July 8, 2022, while giving a speech on a street in Nara city, Japan during a political campaign. The former prime minister collapsed on the street after he was shot and succumbed to death following the attack. Security officials at the scene tackled the suspected gunman and a 41-year-old suspect is currently in police custody, reported BBC News. In the aftermath of the shooting several pho...
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Washington (AFP) - John Hinckley, who tried to assassinate US president Ronald Reagan in 1981, regained his freedom fully on Wednesday, six years after he was released from a psychiatric hospital. Earlier this month a Washington court ruled that after decades of treatment and psychiatric reviews, Hinckley no longer presented a threat, and conditions set on his life after release would be lifted on June 15. "After 41 years 2 months and 15 days, FREEDOM AT LAST!!!" he tweeted in celebration Thursday. Hinckley, now 67, shot Reagan and three others with a revolver outside a Washington hotel on Mar...
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Washington (AFP) - John Hinckley, who attempted to assassinate US president Ronald Reagan in 1981, was granted unconditional release Wednesday by a Washington judge, six years after he was freed from a psychiatric hospital. The court ruled that after decades of treatment and psychiatric reviews, Hinckley no longer presented a threat and conditions set on his life after release would be lifted on June 15. Hinckley, 67, shot Reagan and three others with a revolver outside a Washington hotel on March 30, 1981, saying he wanted to impress actress Jodie Foster, whom he became obsessed with after wa...
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Washington (AFP) - US authorities released thousands of pages of secret documents Wednesday on president John F. Kennedy's assassination, a case that still fuels conspiracy theories despite the official conclusion he was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald. The CIA and FBI files show US investigators spread their net wide and deep to find out if Oswald conspired with others in the November 22, 1963 murder that shocked the world. Documents show they chased down myriad leads, from Soviet intelligence to African communist groups and the Italian mafia. The papers also show the extensive US efforts to spy on...
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Port-au-Prince (AFP) - The assassination of Jovenel Moise by armed mercenaries was planned in the neighboring Dominican Republic, say Haitian police, who announced the detention of the slain president's chief bodyguard and three other members of his security detail. The apparent ease with which a hit squad entered the Haitian leader's residence in Port-au-Prince and shot him dead, with no injuries to his bodyguards, has raised suspicions that the July 7 attack may have been an inside job. A photograph circulating on social media identifies two suspects -- both later arrested -- meeting former...
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