List of people who survived assassination attempts explained
This is a list of survivors of assassination attempts who were not heads of state, listed chronologically.
For survivors who were heads of state, see List of heads of state and government who survived assassination attempts. For successful assassination attempts, see List of assassinations.
List
See also
Notes and References
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- (in Arabic) It happened on this day: 1979: An assassination attempt on the founder of the Phalange Party, Sheikh Pierre Gemayel Lebanon Files (4 June 2023)
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/apr/25/iraq.brianwhitaker "Christian outsider in Saddam's inner circle"
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- News: 22 February 2018. Khalistan separatist Jaspal Atwal migrated to Canada at a young age. The Hindu.
- http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,112840,00.html "Aristide Has Survived Many Assassination Attempts"
- https://www.smh.com.au/news/national/thirty-years-six-bullets-two-countries-and-one-home/2005/11/24/1132703316833.html "Thirty years, six bullets, two countries and one home"
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- News: UK launches inquest into Russian tycoon Berezovsky's death . 16 February 2024 . France24 . 28 March 2013.
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- http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/people/aznar-lopez-jose-maria.html Azner, Jose
- Web site: Ex-Ethiopian dictator Mengistu escapes assassination. Associated Press. 1995-11-06. 2020-08-31.
- Web site: Nimal: I'm going back to Jaffna . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20111217035538/http://sundaytimes.lk/960707/newsm.html#nimal . 17 December 2011 . 10 September 2011.
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- http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0926/p01s02-woiq.html "The Men Who Shot Uday Hussein"
- McGeough, Paul (2009) Kill Khalid – The Failed Mossad Assassination of Khalid Mishal and the Rise of Hamas; Quartet Books;, p. 184;
- Web site: Sri Lankan minister survives mortar attack . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20130211195045/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/229004.stm . 11 February 2013 . 5 September 2011.
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- http://www.balkanchronicle.com/index.php/world/world-news/balkans/2307-serbian-ex-state-security-officials-guilty-in-assassination-case "Serbian ex-state security officials guilty in assassination case"
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- https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/26/world/world-briefing-europe-russia-charges-in-attack-on-energy-chief.html World Briefing Europe: Russia: Charges In Attack On Energy Chief
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- News: Former Russian PM Gaidar poisoned, say his doctors . 16 February 2024 . The Independent . 1 December 2006.
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- "Diplomats hurt in S Lanka attack ", BBC News, 27 February 2007
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- News: Kanev . Sergey . 29 February 2012 . Студент МГИМО готовил покушение на Путина? . ru . MGIMO student prepared assassination plot against Putin? . . 21 December 2023.
- News: Russian hitman plotted to shoot Berezovsky at the London Hilton . 16 February 2024 . The Guardian . 19 July 2007.
- News: Boris Berezovsky: Businessman who profited from communism's fall but made an enemy of Putin . 16 February 2024 . The Independent . 24 March 2013.
- News: No evidence Boris Berezovsky was murdered, oligarch's inquest hears . 16 February 2024 . The Guardian . 27 March 2014.
- News: A Brief History of Attempted Russian Assassinations by Poison . 25 February 2024 . Foreign Policy . 9 March 2018.
- News: 5 October 2008 . Minister Maithripala Sirisena escapes suicide bomb attack, deputy minister injured . .
- News: Ferdinando . Shamindra . Palihawadana . Norman . 10 October 2008 . Was suicide bomber's target the President or PM? One killed, two injured in attack on Convoy . .
- http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/03/11/sec01.asp Suicide blast kills 15 injures 46
- News: Russian journalists mourn fallen colleague five years after attack . 25 February 2024 . The Guardian . 11 April 2013.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8112109.stm "Attack on Russian regional leader"
- News: Pannier . Bruce . Motives Behind Attack On Uzbek Imam Remain Unclear . Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty . 4 August 2009 .
- News: Danish cartoonist hid in 'panic room' during attack. CNN. 2 January 2010.
- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/woman-21-arrested-over-stabbing-of-labour-mp-1973948.html "Woman, 21, arrested over stabbing of Labour MP"
- News: A history of political poisonings . 25 February 2024 . DW News . 21 August 2020.
- News: After Litvinenko, poisoners strike down ex KGB boss . 25 February 2024 . The Times . 20 November 2010.
- News: Leading Russian reporter Oleg Kashin attacked in Moscow . 25 February 2024 . BBC News . 6 November 2010.
- http://www.jewishjournal.com/nation/article/arizona_congresswoman_gabrielle_giffords_shot_in_the_head_20110108/ "Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot in the Head"
- News: 2013-03-13 . Joss Stone murder plot thwarted by members of public . 2024-02-04 . BBC News . en-GB.
- https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/26/world/middleeast/assassination-attempts-revive-suspicions-in-lebanon-about-syrian-intervention.html "Assassination Attempts Revive Suspicions in Lebanon About Syrian Intervention"
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/taliban-says-it-shot-infidel-pakistani-teen-for-advocating-girls-rights/2012/10/09/29715632-1214-11e2-9a39-1f5a7f6fe945_story.html "Taliban Says It Shot Infidel"
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- News: Balwani . Shikhar . Indian City of Patna Targeted as Bombings Kill Five . Bloomberg . 27 October 2013.
- News: Top Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza, who survived 2 poisonings, jailed for 25 years . 16 February 2024 . abc news . 17 April 2023.
- News: Bundesanwalt: Attentat war Mordversuch . n-tv . 28 October 2015.
- News: Man stabs top Russian journalist at leading liberal radio station . 25 February 2024 . abc news . 24 October 2017.
- News: Independent journalist Yulia Latynina flees Russia following attacks . 24 February 2024 . Committee to Protect Journalists . 11 September 2017.
- News: 'Nobody defends us': Russian journalists respond to knife attack . 25 February 2024 . The Guardian . 23 October 2017.
- News: Onoyume . Jimitota . Jimitota Onoyume . 11 November 2017 . Breaking: Wike escapes assassination attempt . 12 November 2017 . Vanguard.
- News: Mance . Henry . Peel . Michael . Chazan . Guy . 6 September 2018 . Key western allies back UK over Salisbury attack . subscription . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/d8e6df42-b1d2-11e8-99ca-68cf89602132 . 2022-12-10 . 2 March 2021 . Financial Times.
- News: Salisbury Novichok poisoning: Two Russian nationals named as suspects . 5 September 2018 . BBC News . 2 March 2021 .
- News: Russia's GRU: The murky spy agency behind the Salisbury poisoning, a failed coup and US election hack. The Telegraph. 2 March 2021. en-GB.
- News: How a Taliban Assassin Got Close Enough to Kill a General . . 2 November 2018.
- News: Investigative Groups Link Poisoning Of Russian Writer Bykov With FSB Agents Suspected In Navalny Case . 16 February 2024 . RFE/RL . 10 June 2021.
- News: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny condemns mass raids . 25 February 2024 . The Guardian . 15 October 2019.
- News: Russian opposition leader ill after exposure to 'undefined chemical' . 25 February 2024 . The Guardian . 29 July 2019.
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- News: Singer. Florantonia. 2020-03-01. El ataque a una concentración de Juan Guaidó deja al menos cinco heridos. es. El País. 2021-05-19. 1134-6582.
- Web site: 29 February 2020. Colectivos chavistas atacaron una concentración convocada por Juan Guaidó en Barquisimeto. 2021-05-19. infobae. es.
- News: Mexico launches raids after assassination attempt of police chief . 27 June 2020 . BBC . 31 May 2024.
- News: Yulia Navalnaya's husband was poisoned and detained. Now she is piling pressure on Vladimir Putin . 16 February 2024 . CNN . 27 January 2021.
- News: Alexei Navalny: Report names 'Russian agents' in poisoning case . 2 March 2021 . BBC News . 14 December 2020.
- News: Quintez Brown detained for now as new evidence is revealed in the Craig Greenberg shooting . 9 December 2022 . The Courier-Journal . 15 April 2022.
- News: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner: 'Assassination attempt' on ex-Argentina president . 2022-09-01 . BBC News . 2022-09-01.
- Web site: 'You win, you run this city': Death threats force FriendlyJordies to remove video. The Sydney Morning Herald. Kate. McClymont. 1 February 2024. 1 February 2024.
- Web site: 2022-11-03 . PTI long march attack: What we know about the attacker? . 2022-11-04 . Daily Pakistan Global . en.
- Web site: 2023-05-16 . Polícia do Pará investiga tentativa de assassinato de líder indígena . 2024-01-31 . G1 . pt-br.
- Web site: 2023-05-14 . Lúcio Tembé, líder indígena, é alvo de ataques por pistoleiros no Pará Metrópoles . 2024-02-01 . metropoles.com . pt-BR.
- Web site: 2023-09-18 . Sri Lankan MP escapes assassination attempt . 2023-10-02 . Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst . en.
- Web site: 2023-12-27 . Câmera de segurança flagra tentativa de homicídio contra prefeito de Palmares Paulista; vídeo . 2024-02-02 . G1 . pt-br.
- Web site: Conteúdo . Do Estadão . Prefeito de cidade do interior de SP sofre atentado a tiros; autores do crime são identificados . 2024-02-02 . CNN Brasil.
- News: Sae-jin . Park . Democratic Party to hold emergency meeting to discuss attack on leader Lee Jae-myung . 19 February 2024 . 3 January 2024.
- News: A 'wonderful human' and a Trump fan: Who is the stabbed Sydney church leader? . SBS News. Jessica Bahr. Mar Mari Emmanuel is an Assyrian Christian bishop at Christ the Good Shepherd Church. 16 April 2024. 22 April 2024.
- Melissa Koenig: Bishop viciously stabbed during service in Sydney just days after mall massacre, New York Post, 15 April 2024
- Web site: 18 April 2024 . Joint Counter Terrorism Team Sydney charge teenager with a terrorism offence . 18 April 2024 . NSW Police . 18 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240418104956/https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/news?sq_content_src=+dXJsPWh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGZWJpenByZC5wb2xpY2UubnN3Lmdvdi5hdSUyRm1lZGlhJTJGMTExNTA5Lmh0bWwmYWxsPTE= . live .
- Web site: Trump injured in shooting at Pennsylvania rally . CNN . 13 July 2024 . 13 July 2024.
- Web site: Trump rally shooter identified as 20-year-old Pennsylvania man . NBC News . July 14, 2024 . July 14, 2024 . July 14, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240714054516/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-rally-shooter-identified-rcna161757 . live .
- News: Sae-jin . Park . Democratic Party to hold emergency meeting to discuss attack on leader Lee Jae-myung .