List of assassinations in Asia
Updated: 11/6/2025, 1:33:00 AM Wikipedia source
This is a list of assassinations which took place on the continent of Asia. For the purposes of this article, an assassination is defined as the deliberate, premeditated murder of a prominent figure, often for religious or political reasons.
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· Afghanistan
20 February 1919
20 February 1919
Date
20 February 1919
Victim(s)
Habibullah Khan, emir of Afghanistan
Assassin(s)
Shuja-ud-Daula Ghourbandi
8 November 1933
8 November 1933
Date
8 November 1933
Victim(s)
Mohammed Nadir Shah, king of Afghanistan
Assassin(s)
Abdul Khaliq Hazara
17 April 1978
17 April 1978
Date
17 April 1978
Victim(s)
Mir Akbar Khyber, leftist intellectual and leader in the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Notes
His assassination became a catalyst for the Saur Revolution
28 April 1978
28 April 1978
Date
28 April 1978
Victim(s)
Mohammed Daoud Khan, President of Afghanistan
Notes
Killed in the Saur Revolution
14 February 1979
14 February 1979
Date
14 February 1979
Victim(s)
Adolph Dubs, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan
Notes
Abducted and killed by an undetermined group
14 September 1979
14 September 1979
Date
14 September 1979
Victim(s)
Nur Mohammad Taraki, President of Afghanistan
Notes
Said to have been smothered to death with a pillow on the orders of Hafizullah Amin
27 December 1979
27 December 1979
Date
27 December 1979
Victim(s)
Hafizullah Amin, Prime Minister of Afghanistan
Notes
Killed by Soviet forces in the early stages of the Soviet–Afghan War
4 February 1987
4 February 1987
Date
4 February 1987
Victim(s)
Meena Keshwar Kamal, Afghan founder of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
20 March 1995
20 March 1995
Date
20 March 1995
Victim(s)
Abdul Ali Mazari, warlord and leader of the Hazara community
Assassin(s)
Taliban
Notes
Killed by the Taliban during the fall of Kabul
27 September 1996
27 September 1996
Date
27 September 1996
Victim(s)
Mohammed Najibullah, former president of Afghanistan
Notes
Killed along with his brother by the Taliban during the capture of Kabul
9 September 2001
9 September 2001
Date
9 September 2001
Victim(s)
Ahmed Shah Massoud, leader of the Afghan Northern Alliance
Assassin(s)
Al Qaeda suicide bombers working for the Taliban posing as journalists
Notes
Killed by a bomb hidden in a camera 2 days before the 9/11 attacks.
26 October 2001
26 October 2001
Date
26 October 2001
Victim(s)
Abdul Haq, Afghan Northern Alliance commander
Notes
Killed by remnants of the Taliban
November 2001
November 2001
Date
November 2001
Victim(s)
Mohammed Atef, alleged military chief of al-Qaeda
Notes
Killed in a U.S. drone strike
November 2001
November 2001
Date
November 2001
Victim(s)
Juma Namangani, co-founder of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
6 July 2002
6 July 2002
Date
6 July 2002
Victim(s)
Abdul Qadir, Vice President of Afghanistan
14 February 2002
14 February 2002
Date
14 February 2002
Victim(s)
Abdul Rahman, Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism
12 May 2007
12 May 2007
Date
12 May 2007
Victim(s)
Dadullah, Taliban senior military commander
Notes
killed by British and German special forces
3 May 2007
3 May 2007
Date
3 May 2007
Victim(s)
Abdul Sabur Farid Kuhestani, former prime minister of Afghanistan
Notes
Assassinated outside his home in Kabul
27 August 2009
27 August 2009
Date
27 August 2009
Victim(s)
Tohir Yo'ldosh, co-founder of Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
Notes
Killed in a U.S. drone strike
17 July 2011
17 July 2011
Date
17 July 2011
Victim(s)
Jan Mohammad Khan, former governor of Uruzgan
Notes
Killed by the Taliban
20 September 2011
20 September 2011
Date
20 September 2011
Victim(s)
Burhanuddin Rabbani, former president of Afghanistan
Notes
Killed in a suicide bombing by the Taliban or the Haqqani network while leading peace negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban
12 July 2011
12 July 2011
Date
12 July 2011
Victim(s)
Ahmed Wali Karzai, half-brother of President Hamid Karzai
Assassin(s)
Sardar Mohammad
Notes
Shot twice in the head and chest by his security guard as he was coming out of his bathroom
5 June 2016
5 June 2016
Date
5 June 2016
Victim(s)
Shir Wali Wardak, Member of the National Assembly and member of the parliamentary economic committee.
Assassin(s)
Islamic State and maybe the Taliban.
Notes
Killed by a hidden bomb, along with 11 other people, including bodyguards.
18 October 2018
18 October 2018
Date
18 October 2018
Victim(s)
Abdul Raziq Achakzai, Lieutenant General of the Afghan Border Force
31 July 2022
31 July 2022
Date
31 July 2022
Victim(s)
Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of Al-Qaeda
Notes
Killed by a U.S. drone strike in Kabul. See Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri
11 August 2022
11 August 2022
Date
11 August 2022
Victim(s)
Rahimullah Haqqani, Islamic cleric
Notes
Killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul
2 September 2022
2 September 2022
Date
2 September 2022
Victim(s)
Mujib Rahman Ansari, Islamic cleric
Notes
Killed in a suicide bombing in Herat
15 January 2023
15 January 2023
Date
15 January 2023
Victim(s)
Mursal Nabizada, female former MP and Taliban critic
6 June 2023
6 June 2023
Date
6 June 2023
Victim(s)
Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, Governor of Badakhshan Province
11 December 2024
11 December 2024
Date
11 December 2024
Victim(s)
Khalil Haqqani, Acting Minister of Refugee and Repatriation
Notes
Killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 20 February 1919 | Habibullah Khan, emir of Afghanistan | Shuja-ud-Daula Ghourbandi | |
| 8 November 1933 | Mohammed Nadir Shah, king of Afghanistan | Abdul Khaliq Hazara | |
| 17 April 1978 | Mir Akbar Khyber, leftist intellectual and leader in the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan | His assassination became a catalyst for the Saur Revolution | |
| 28 April 1978 | Mohammed Daoud Khan, President of Afghanistan | Killed in the Saur Revolution | |
| 14 February 1979 | Adolph Dubs, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan | Abducted and killed by an undetermined group | |
| 14 September 1979 | Nur Mohammad Taraki, President of Afghanistan | Said to have been smothered to death with a pillow on the orders of Hafizullah Amin | |
| 27 December 1979 | Hafizullah Amin, Prime Minister of Afghanistan | Killed by Soviet forces in the early stages of the Soviet–Afghan War | |
| 4 February 1987 | Meena Keshwar Kamal, Afghan founder of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan | ||
| 20 March 1995 | Abdul Ali Mazari, warlord and leader of the Hazara community | Taliban | Killed by the Taliban during the fall of Kabul |
| 27 September 1996 | Mohammed Najibullah, former president of Afghanistan | Killed along with his brother by the Taliban during the capture of Kabul | |
| 9 September 2001 | Ahmed Shah Massoud, leader of the Afghan Northern Alliance | Al Qaeda suicide bombers working for the Taliban posing as journalists | Killed by a bomb hidden in a camera 2 days before the 9/11 attacks. |
| 26 October 2001 | Abdul Haq, Afghan Northern Alliance commander | Killed by remnants of the Taliban | |
| November 2001 | Mohammed Atef, alleged military chief of al-Qaeda | Killed in a U.S. drone strike | |
| November 2001 | Juma Namangani, co-founder of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan | ||
| 6 July 2002 | Abdul Qadir, Vice President of Afghanistan | ||
| 14 February 2002 | Abdul Rahman, Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism | ||
| 12 May 2007 | Dadullah, Taliban senior military commander | killed by British and German special forces | |
| 3 May 2007 | Abdul Sabur Farid Kuhestani, former prime minister of Afghanistan | Assassinated outside his home in Kabul | |
| 27 August 2009 | Tohir Yo'ldosh, co-founder of Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan | Killed in a U.S. drone strike | |
| 17 July 2011 | Jan Mohammad Khan, former governor of Uruzgan | Killed by the Taliban | |
| 20 September 2011 | Burhanuddin Rabbani, former president of Afghanistan | Killed in a suicide bombing by the Taliban or the Haqqani network while leading peace negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban | |
| 12 July 2011 | Ahmed Wali Karzai, half-brother of President Hamid Karzai | Sardar Mohammad | Shot twice in the head and chest by his security guard as he was coming out of his bathroom |
| 5 June 2016 | Shir Wali Wardak, Member of the National Assembly and member of the parliamentary economic committee. | Islamic State and maybe the Taliban. | Killed by a hidden bomb, along with 11 other people, including bodyguards. |
| 18 October 2018 | Abdul Raziq Achakzai, Lieutenant General of the Afghan Border Force | ||
| 31 July 2022 | Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of Al-Qaeda | Killed by a U.S. drone strike in Kabul. See Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri | |
| 11 August 2022 | Rahimullah Haqqani, Islamic cleric | Killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul | |
| 2 September 2022 | Mujib Rahman Ansari, Islamic cleric | Killed in a suicide bombing in Herat | |
| 15 January 2023 | Mursal Nabizada, female former MP and Taliban critic | ||
| 6 June 2023 | Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, Governor of Badakhshan Province | ||
| 11 December 2024 | Khalil Haqqani, Acting Minister of Refugee and Repatriation | Killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul |
· Armenia
14 April 1992
14 April 1992
Date
14 April 1992
Victim(s)
Artur Mkrtchyan, Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
15 April 1994
15 April 1994
Date
15 April 1994
Victim(s)
Vardges Petrosyan, novelist and playwright
Notes
death remains unsolved.
17 December 1994
17 December 1994
Date
17 December 1994
Victim(s)
Hambardzum Galstyan, former mayor of Yerevan and member of the Karabakh Committee
27 October 1999
27 October 1999
Date
27 October 1999
Victim(s)
Vazgen Sargsyan, Prime Minister of Armenia, Karen Demirchyan, President of the National Assembly of Armenia and 6 other politicians
Assassin(s)
Nairi Hunanyan
Notes
Were shot dead in an attack on the Armenian National Assembly by a group of armed men who claimed to be staging a coup d'état. According to the attackers, Sargsyan was their only target, and the seven other deaths had been unintentional.
2 April 2013
2 April 2013
Date
2 April 2013
Victim(s)
Hrach Muradian, Mayor of Proshyan
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 14 April 1992 | Artur Mkrtchyan, Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic | ||
| 15 April 1994 | Vardges Petrosyan, novelist and playwright | death remains unsolved. | |
| 17 December 1994 | Hambardzum Galstyan, former mayor of Yerevan and member of the Karabakh Committee | ||
| 27 October 1999 | Vazgen Sargsyan, Prime Minister of Armenia, Karen Demirchyan, President of the National Assembly of Armenia and 6 other politicians | Nairi Hunanyan | Were shot dead in an attack on the Armenian National Assembly by a group of armed men who claimed to be staging a coup d'état. According to the attackers, Sargsyan was their only target, and the seven other deaths had been unintentional. |
| 2 April 2013 | Hrach Muradian, Mayor of Proshyan |
· Azerbaijan
26 September 1907
26 September 1907
Date
26 September 1907
Victim(s)
Khanlar Safaraliyev, labor organizer and Social Democrat
April 1993
April 1993
Date
April 1993
Victim(s)
Eduard Huseynov, counter admiral
Notes
Assassinated near his home in Baku.
29 September 1994
29 September 1994
Date
29 September 1994
Victim(s)
Afiyaddin Jalilov, deputy speaker of the National Assembly
Notes
Assassinated near his home in Baku
29 September 1994
29 September 1994
Date
29 September 1994
Victim(s)
Shamsi Rahimov, intelligence and national security chief
Notes
Assassinated near his home in Baku
17 March 1995
17 March 1995
Date
17 March 1995
Victim(s)
Rovshan Javadov, the chief of the Special Purpose Police Detachment of Azerbaijan
Notes
Killed in the 1995 Azeri coup d'état attempt
28 May 1996
28 May 1996
Date
28 May 1996
Victim(s)
Ali Ansukhski, member of the National Assembly
Assassin(s)
Mahir Ahmadov
Notes
Assassinated near his home in Baku
21 February 1997
21 February 1997
Date
21 February 1997
Victim(s)
Ziya Bunyadov, historian
Assassin(s)
Unknown, presumed to be Hezbollah
Notes
Assassinated near his home in Baku
13 March 2002
13 March 2002
Date
13 March 2002
Victim(s)
Rovshan Aliyev, criminalist
Assassin(s)
Haji Mammadov
14 June 2004
14 June 2004
Date
14 June 2004
Victim(s)
Fatulla Huseynov, colonel and vice president of the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan
Assassin(s)
Haji Mammadov
Notes
Assassinated near his home in Baku
25 March 2005
25 March 2005
Date
25 March 2005
Victim(s)
Elmar Huseynov, journalist
Assassin(s)
Unknown, believed to be figures within the government of Azerbaijan
Notes
Shot at his home in Baku.
11 February 2009
11 February 2009
Date
11 February 2009
Victim(s)
Rail Rzayev, commander of the Azerbaijani Air Force
Notes
Assassinated near his home in Baku.
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 26 September 1907 | Khanlar Safaraliyev, labor organizer and Social Democrat | ||
| April 1993 | Eduard Huseynov, counter admiral | Assassinated near his home in Baku. | |
| 29 September 1994 | Afiyaddin Jalilov, deputy speaker of the National Assembly | Assassinated near his home in Baku | |
| 29 September 1994 | Shamsi Rahimov, intelligence and national security chief | Assassinated near his home in Baku | |
| 17 March 1995 | Rovshan Javadov, the chief of the Special Purpose Police Detachment of Azerbaijan | Killed in the 1995 Azeri coup d'état attempt | |
| 28 May 1996 | Ali Ansukhski, member of the National Assembly | Mahir Ahmadov | Assassinated near his home in Baku |
| 21 February 1997 | Ziya Bunyadov, historian | Unknown, presumed to be Hezbollah | Assassinated near his home in Baku |
| 13 March 2002 | Rovshan Aliyev, criminalist | Haji Mammadov | |
| 14 June 2004 | Fatulla Huseynov, colonel and vice president of the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan | Haji Mammadov | Assassinated near his home in Baku |
| 25 March 2005 | Elmar Huseynov, journalist | Unknown, believed to be figures within the government of Azerbaijan | Shot at his home in Baku. |
| 11 February 2009 | Rail Rzayev, commander of the Azerbaijani Air Force | Assassinated near his home in Baku. |
· Bangladesh
15 August 1975
15 August 1975
Date
15 August 1975
Victim(s)
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, independence leader and first President of Bangladesh
Notes
Killed along with several members of his family in a coup planned by disgruntled Awami League colleagues and military officers led by Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad. See Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
3 November 1975
3 November 1975
Date
3 November 1975
Victim(s)
Muhammad Mansur Ali, Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Notes
Killed by military officers in Dhaka Central Jail in the aftermath of the 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état
3 November 1975
3 November 1975
Date
3 November 1975
Victim(s)
Tajuddin Ahmad, former prime minister of Bangladesh
Notes
Killed by military officers in Dhaka Central Jail in the aftermath of the 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état
3 November 1975
3 November 1975
Date
3 November 1975
Victim(s)
Syed Nazrul Islam, former president of Bangladesh
Notes
Killed by military officers in Dhaka Central Jail in the aftermath of the 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état
3 November 1975
3 November 1975
Date
3 November 1975
Victim(s)
Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman, Minister of Industries
Notes
Killed by military officers in Dhaka Central Jail in the aftermath of the 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état
7 November 1975
7 November 1975
Date
7 November 1975
Victim(s)
Khaled Mosharraf, Chief of Army Staff
Notes
Killed during the 7 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état shortly after seizing power in the 3 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état
30 May 1981
30 May 1981
Date
30 May 1981
Victim(s)
Ziaur Rahman, President of Bangladesh
Assassin(s)
Group of Bangladesh Army officers
Notes
Killed in a coup d'état led by General Abul Monjur. See Assassination of Ziaur Rahman
27 January 2005
27 January 2005
Date
27 January 2005
Victim(s)
Shah A M S Kibria, former Finance Minister
Notes
Killed in a grenade attack in his constituency of Habiganj, Sylhet
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 15 August 1975 | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, independence leader and first President of Bangladesh | Killed along with several members of his family in a coup planned by disgruntled Awami League colleagues and military officers led by Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad. See Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | |
| 3 November 1975 | Muhammad Mansur Ali, Prime Minister of Bangladesh | Killed by military officers in Dhaka Central Jail in the aftermath of the 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état | |
| 3 November 1975 | Tajuddin Ahmad, former prime minister of Bangladesh | Killed by military officers in Dhaka Central Jail in the aftermath of the 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état | |
| 3 November 1975 | Syed Nazrul Islam, former president of Bangladesh | Killed by military officers in Dhaka Central Jail in the aftermath of the 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état | |
| 3 November 1975 | Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman, Minister of Industries | Killed by military officers in Dhaka Central Jail in the aftermath of the 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état | |
| 7 November 1975 | Khaled Mosharraf, Chief of Army Staff | Killed during the 7 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état shortly after seizing power in the 3 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état | |
| 30 May 1981 | Ziaur Rahman, President of Bangladesh | Group of Bangladesh Army officers | Killed in a coup d'état led by General Abul Monjur. See Assassination of Ziaur Rahman |
| 27 January 2005 | Shah A M S Kibria, former Finance Minister | Killed in a grenade attack in his constituency of Habiganj, Sylhet |
· Bhutan
6 April 1964
6 April 1964
Date
6 April 1964
Victim(s)
Jigme Palden Dorji, Prime Minister of Bhutan
Assassin(s)
A Royal Bhutan Army corporal
Notes
Bahadur Namgyal, head of the Royal Bhutan Army, was later executed for the plot
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 6 April 1964 | Jigme Palden Dorji, Prime Minister of Bhutan | A Royal Bhutan Army corporal | Bahadur Namgyal, head of the Royal Bhutan Army, was later executed for the plot |
· Cambodia
14 January 1950
14 January 1950
Date
14 January 1950
Victim(s)
Ieu Koeus, briefly Prime Minister of Cambodia in 1949
17 April 1975
17 April 1975
Date
17 April 1975
Victim(s)
Long Boret, Prime Minister of the Khmer Republic
Notes
Killed by the Khmer Rouge shortly after the fall of Phnom Penh
17 April 1975
17 April 1975
Date
17 April 1975
Victim(s)
Lon Non, military officer, politician and brother of President Lon Nol
Notes
Killed by the Khmer Rouge shortly after the fall of Phnom Penh
18 April 1975
18 April 1975
Date
18 April 1975
Victim(s)
Hang Thun Hak, former prime minister of the Khmer Republic
Notes
Killed by the Khmer Rouge shortly after the fall of Phnom Penh
15 June 1997
15 June 1997
Date
15 June 1997
Victim(s)
Son Sen, former Defence Minister of Democratic KampucheaYun Yat, former Information Minister of Democratic Kampuchea
Notes
Killed during infighting within the Khmer Rouge
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 14 January 1950 | Ieu Koeus, briefly Prime Minister of Cambodia in 1949 | ||
| 17 April 1975 | Long Boret, Prime Minister of the Khmer Republic | Killed by the Khmer Rouge shortly after the fall of Phnom Penh | |
| 17 April 1975 | Sisowath Sirik Matak, former prime minister of the Khmer Republic and member of the House of Sisowath branch of the Monarchy of Cambodia | Killed by the Khmer Rouge shortly after the fall of Phnom Penh | |
| 17 April 1975 | Lon Non, military officer, politician and brother of President Lon Nol | Killed by the Khmer Rouge shortly after the fall of Phnom Penh | |
| 18 April 1975 | Hang Thun Hak, former prime minister of the Khmer Republic | Killed by the Khmer Rouge shortly after the fall of Phnom Penh | |
| 15 June 1997 | Son Sen, former Defence Minister of Democratic KampucheaYun Yat, former Information Minister of Democratic Kampuchea | Killed during infighting within the Khmer Rouge |
· China
238 BC
238 BC
Date
238 BC
Victim(s)
Lord Chunshen, prime minister of the Kingdom of Chu
Assassin(s)
Li Yuan
192
192
Date
192
Victim(s)
Dong Zhuo, warlord and de facto ruler of China
Assassin(s)
Lü Bu, Li Su, Wang Yun
Notes
Killed in Chang'an
221
221
Date
221
Victim(s)
Zhang Fei, military general of Shu Han
Assassin(s)
Fan Qiang, Zhang Da
13 July 815
13 July 815
Date
13 July 815
Victim(s)
Wu Yuanheng, Chancellor to Emperor Xianzong
22 August 1849
22 August 1849
Date
22 August 1849
Victim(s)
João Maria Ferreira do Amaral, Portuguese Governor of Macau
22 August 1870
22 August 1870
Date
22 August 1870
Victim(s)
Ma Xinyi, Viceroy of Liangjiang
Assassin(s)
Zhang Wenxiang
28 March 1894
28 March 1894
Date
28 March 1894
Victim(s)
Kim Ok-gyun, Korean reformist and pro-Western activist
Assassin(s)
Hong Jong-u
Notes
Killed aboard ship en route to Shanghai
26 October 1909
26 October 1909
Date
26 October 1909
Victim(s)
Ito Hirobumi, Japanese Resident-General of Korea and former prime minister of Japan
Assassin(s)
An Jung-geun
Notes
Killed in Manchuria
22 March 1913
22 March 1913
Date
22 March 1913
Victim(s)
Song Jiaoren, Prime Minister-elect of the Republic of China
Notes
Killed in Shanghai
18 May 1916
18 May 1916
Date
18 May 1916
Victim(s)
Chen Qimei, revolutionary activist
Notes
Killed on the orders of Yuan Shikai, probably by Yuan's general Zhang Zongchang
20 August 1925
20 August 1925
Date
20 August 1925
Victim(s)
Liao Zhongkai, member of the Executive Committee Kuomintang party
4 June 1928
4 June 1928
Date
4 June 1928
Victim(s)
Zhang Zuolin, Manchurian warlord
Notes
Killed by a bomb planted by officers of the Japanese Kwantung Army.
December 1941
December 1941
Date
December 1941
Victim(s)
Fang Zhenwu, military officer
Notes
Assassinated by Kuomintang agents
15 July 1946
15 July 1946
Date
15 July 1946
Victim(s)
Wen Yiduo, poet and scholar
Assassin(s)
Tang Shiliang, Li Wenshan
22 January 2003
22 January 2003
Date
22 January 2003
Victim(s)
Li Haicang [zh], chairman of Jianlong Steel
Assassin(s)
Feng Yinliang
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 238 BC | Lord Chunshen, prime minister of the Kingdom of Chu | Li Yuan | |
| 192 | Dong Zhuo, warlord and de facto ruler of China | Lü Bu, Li Su, Wang Yun | Killed in Chang'an |
| 221 | Zhang Fei, military general of Shu Han | Fan Qiang, Zhang Da | |
| 11 April 618 | Emperor Yang of Sui, second Emperor of the Sui dynasty. | Yuwenji | |
| 13 July 815 | Wu Yuanheng, Chancellor to Emperor Xianzong | ||
| 1207 | Han Tuozhou, Chancellor to Emperor Ningzong of the Southern Song Dynasty | Shi Miyuan (disputed) | |
| 10 April 1282 | Ahmad Fanakati, Finance minister to Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty | Wang Zhu and Gao Heshang | Killed in Khanbaliq |
| 4 September 1323 | Sidibala, grand-khan of the Mongol Empire, Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty | ||
| 22 August 1849 | João Maria Ferreira do Amaral, Portuguese Governor of Macau | ||
| 22 August 1870 | Ma Xinyi, Viceroy of Liangjiang | Zhang Wenxiang | |
| 28 March 1894 | Kim Ok-gyun, Korean reformist and pro-Western activist | Hong Jong-u | Killed aboard ship en route to Shanghai |
| 26 October 1909 | Ito Hirobumi, Japanese Resident-General of Korea and former prime minister of Japan | An Jung-geun | Killed in Manchuria |
| 22 March 1913 | Song Jiaoren, Prime Minister-elect of the Republic of China | Killed in Shanghai | |
| 18 May 1916 | Chen Qimei, revolutionary activist | Killed on the orders of Yuan Shikai, probably by Yuan's general Zhang Zongchang | |
| 20 August 1925 | Liao Zhongkai, member of the Executive Committee Kuomintang party | ||
| 4 June 1928 | Zhang Zuolin, Manchurian warlord | Killed by a bomb planted by officers of the Japanese Kwantung Army. | |
| December 1941 | Fang Zhenwu, military officer | Assassinated by Kuomintang agents | |
| 15 July 1946 | Wen Yiduo, poet and scholar | Tang Shiliang, Li Wenshan | |
| 22 January 2003 | Li Haicang [zh], chairman of Jianlong Steel | Feng Yinliang |
· Georgia
19 June 1920
19 June 1920
Date
19 June 1920
Victim(s)
Fatali Khan Khoyski, former prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan
Assassin(s)
Aram Yerganian
Notes
Killed by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation as part of Operation Nemesis
21 July 1922
21 July 1922
Date
21 July 1922
Victim(s)
Cemal Pasha, former Ottoman Navy Minister
Notes
Killed by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation as part of Operation Nemesis
3 December 1994
3 December 1994
Date
3 December 1994
Victim(s)
Giorgi Chanturia, opposition leader
Notes
Shot along with his wife by four gunmen in their car
20 May 2007
20 May 2007
Date
20 May 2007
Victim(s)
Guram Sharadze, historian and nationalist politician
Notes
Assassinated in Tbilisi
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 19 June 1920 | Fatali Khan Khoyski, former prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan | Aram Yerganian | Killed by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation as part of Operation Nemesis |
| 21 July 1922 | Cemal Pasha, former Ottoman Navy Minister | Killed by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation as part of Operation Nemesis | |
| 3 December 1994 | Giorgi Chanturia, opposition leader | Shot along with his wife by four gunmen in their car | |
| 20 May 2007 | Guram Sharadze, historian and nationalist politician | Assassinated in Tbilisi |
· India
June 1070
June 1070
Date
June 1070
Victim(s)
Athirajendra, Raja of the Chola Empire
Assassin(s)
Vaishnava rebellion
Notes
Athirajendra was killed by a Vaishnava uprising. He was succeeded by Kulottunga I.
30 January 1528
30 January 1528
Date
30 January 1528
Victim(s)
Rana Sanga, Rana of Mewar
Assassin(s)
Mewar nobles
Notes
After the Rajput defeat at Khanwa in 1527, Rana Sanga made plans to attack the Mughals, but was poisoned by his nobles before the plan could be executed as they did not wish to fight another war with Babur.
12 August 1602
12 August 1602
Date
12 August 1602
Victim(s)
Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar
Assassin(s)
Vir Singh Deo
Notes
Killed in a plot orchestrated by Prince Salim, because Abu'l-Fazl opposed Salim's accession to the throne
1716
1716
Date
1716
Victim(s)
Chakdor Namgyal, Chogyal of Sikkim
Assassin(s)
A doctor hired by Pende Ongmu
Notes
Killed in an attempted usurpation by Chakdor's half-sister Pende Ongmu
8 February 1872
8 February 1872
Date
8 February 1872
Victim(s)
Earl of Mayo (Richard Bourke), Viceroy of India
Assassin(s)
Sher Ali Afridi
Notes
Stabbed while inspecting prisons in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
30 January 1948
30 January 1948
Date
30 January 1948
Victim(s)
Mahatma Gandhi, independence leader and key proponent of non-violence
Assassin(s)
Nathuram Godse
Notes
See Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
6 February 1965
6 February 1965
Date
6 February 1965
Victim(s)
Partap Singh Kairon, Chief Minister of Punjab
Assassin(s)
Sucha Bassi, Baldev Singh and Nahar Singh 'Fauji'
Notes
See Partap Singh Kairon
3 January 1975
3 January 1975
Date
3 January 1975
Victim(s)
Lalit Narayan Mishra, Union Minister for Railways
Assassin(s)
Santoshanand, Sudevanand and Gopalji, Ranjan Dwivedi
Notes
See Lalit Narayan Mishra
31 October 1984
31 October 1984
Date
31 October 1984
Victim(s)
Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India
Assassin(s)
Satwant Singh and Beant Singh
Notes
Shot by Sikh bodyguards in retaliation for Operation Blue Star. See Assassination of Indira Gandhi.
10 August 1986
10 August 1986
Date
10 August 1986
Victim(s)
Arun Shridhar Vaidya, Chief of the Army Staff and Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Indian Armed Forces
Assassin(s)
Sukhdev Singh Sukha and Harjinder Singh Jinda
8 March 1988
8 March 1988
Date
8 March 1988
Victim(s)
Amar Singh Chamkila, controversial Punjabi singer/songwriter
27 April 1991
27 April 1991
Date
27 April 1991
Victim(s)
Malkiat Singh Sidnu, Minister of State and former planning minister of Punjab
Assassin(s)
Unknown
Notes
Shot outside his home. He had survived an assassination attempt in Canada 5 years prior.
21 May 1991
21 May 1991
Date
21 May 1991
Victim(s)
Rajiv Gandhi, former prime minister of India
Assassin(s)
Thenmuli Rajaratnam
Notes
Killed in an explosion triggered by a LTTE suicide bomber. First politician to be killed by a suicide bomber. See Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.
19 March 1994
19 March 1994
Date
19 March 1994
Victim(s)
Thakur Ji Pathak, former National General Secretary of the Janata Dal
Assassin(s)
Criminal gangs
Notes
Shot dead while he was going to court by some antisocial youths.
31 August 1995
31 August 1995
Date
31 August 1995
Victim(s)
Beant Singh, chief minister of Punjab
Assassin(s)
Dilawar Singh Babbar
12 August 1997
12 August 1997
Date
12 August 1997
Victim(s)
Gulshan Kumar, T-Series founder and Bollywood music producer
Assassin(s)
Abu Salem and Fazlur Rahman
Notes
A Mumbai underworld organisation called D-Company is considered to have been responsible for this assassination.
25 July 2001
25 July 2001
Date
25 July 2001
Victim(s)
Phoolan Devi, bandit queen turned Member of the Lok Sabha
Assassin(s)
Sher Singh Rana
21 May 2002
21 May 2002
Date
21 May 2002
Victim(s)
Abdul Ghani Lone, moderate Kashmiri Muslim separatist leader
Notes
possibly killed by Pakistani intelligence services.
22 April 2006
22 April 2006
Date
22 April 2006
Victim(s)
Pramod Mahajan, former Minister of Defence, Parliamentary Affairs and Communications and Information Technology
Assassin(s)
Pravin Mahajan, his brother
29 May 2022
29 May 2022
Date
29 May 2022
Victim(s)
Sidhu Moosewala, Punjabi singer/songwriter turned politician
Notes
Shot dead while he was travelling in his Mahindra Thar
9 January 2023
9 January 2023
Date
9 January 2023
Victim(s)
Naba Das, Odisha State Minister of Health and Family Welfare
15 April 2023
15 April 2023
Date
15 April 2023
Victim(s)
Atique Ahmed, former Member of the Lok Sabha
Notes
Shot dead along with his brother on live television
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 682 BC | Ripunjaya, last ruler of the Brihadratha dynasty. | Punika (also known as Pulika) | Punika puts his son Pradyota on the throne. |
| 185 BC | Brihadratha Maurya, last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty | Pushyamitra Shunga | Pushyamitra founds the Shunga Empire. |
| June 1070 | Athirajendra, Raja of the Chola Empire | Vaishnava rebellion | Athirajendra was killed by a Vaishnava uprising. He was succeeded by Kulottunga I. |
| 19 July 1296 | Jalal-ud-din Khalji, first Sultan of the Tughluq dynasty. | Alauddin Khalji | Alauddin succeeded Jalal-ud-din to become the next Sultan of Delhi. |
| 30 January 1528 | Rana Sanga, Rana of Mewar | Mewar nobles | After the Rajput defeat at Khanwa in 1527, Rana Sanga made plans to attack the Mughals, but was poisoned by his nobles before the plan could be executed as they did not wish to fight another war with Babur. |
| 12 August 1602 | Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar | Vir Singh Deo | Killed in a plot orchestrated by Prince Salim, because Abu'l-Fazl opposed Salim's accession to the throne |
| 1716 | Chakdor Namgyal, Chogyal of Sikkim | A doctor hired by Pende Ongmu | Killed in an attempted usurpation by Chakdor's half-sister Pende Ongmu |
| 8 February 1872 | Earl of Mayo (Richard Bourke), Viceroy of India | Sher Ali Afridi | Stabbed while inspecting prisons in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. |
| 30 January 1948 | Mahatma Gandhi, independence leader and key proponent of non-violence | Nathuram Godse | See Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi |
| 6 February 1965 | Partap Singh Kairon, Chief Minister of Punjab | Sucha Bassi, Baldev Singh and Nahar Singh 'Fauji' | See Partap Singh Kairon |
| 3 January 1975 | Lalit Narayan Mishra, Union Minister for Railways | Santoshanand, Sudevanand and Gopalji, Ranjan Dwivedi | See Lalit Narayan Mishra |
| 31 October 1984 | Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India | Satwant Singh and Beant Singh | Shot by Sikh bodyguards in retaliation for Operation Blue Star. See Assassination of Indira Gandhi. |
| 10 August 1986 | Arun Shridhar Vaidya, Chief of the Army Staff and Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Indian Armed Forces | Sukhdev Singh Sukha and Harjinder Singh Jinda | |
| 8 March 1988 | Amar Singh Chamkila, controversial Punjabi singer/songwriter | ||
| 27 April 1991 | Malkiat Singh Sidnu, Minister of State and former planning minister of Punjab | Unknown | Shot outside his home. He had survived an assassination attempt in Canada 5 years prior. |
| 21 May 1991 | Rajiv Gandhi, former prime minister of India | Thenmuli Rajaratnam | Killed in an explosion triggered by a LTTE suicide bomber. First politician to be killed by a suicide bomber. See Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. |
| 19 March 1994 | Thakur Ji Pathak, former National General Secretary of the Janata Dal | Criminal gangs | Shot dead while he was going to court by some antisocial youths. |
| 31 August 1995 | Beant Singh, chief minister of Punjab | Dilawar Singh Babbar | |
| 12 August 1997 | Gulshan Kumar, T-Series founder and Bollywood music producer | Abu Salem and Fazlur Rahman | A Mumbai underworld organisation called D-Company is considered to have been responsible for this assassination. |
| 25 July 2001 | Phoolan Devi, bandit queen turned Member of the Lok Sabha | Sher Singh Rana | |
| 21 May 2002 | Abdul Ghani Lone, moderate Kashmiri Muslim separatist leader | possibly killed by Pakistani intelligence services. | |
| 22 April 2006 | Pramod Mahajan, former Minister of Defence, Parliamentary Affairs and Communications and Information Technology | Pravin Mahajan, his brother | |
| 29 May 2022 | Sidhu Moosewala, Punjabi singer/songwriter turned politician | Shot dead while he was travelling in his Mahindra Thar | |
| 9 January 2023 | Naba Das, Odisha State Minister of Health and Family Welfare | ||
| 15 April 2023 | Atique Ahmed, former Member of the Lok Sabha | Shot dead along with his brother on live television |
· Indonesia
1 October 1965
1 October 1965
Date
1 October 1965
Victim(s)
Achmad Yani, Lieutenant General and Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army
Notes
Killed as part of the 30 September Movement
1 October 1965
1 October 1965
Date
1 October 1965
Victim(s)
Soeprapto, Major General and Second Deputy Commander of the Indonesian Army
Notes
Killed as part of the 30 September Movement
1 October 1965
1 October 1965
Date
1 October 1965
Victim(s)
M. T. Haryono, Major General and Third Deputy Commander of the Indonesian Army
Notes
Killed as part of the 30 September Movement
1 October 1965
1 October 1965
Date
1 October 1965
Victim(s)
Siswondo Parman, Major General
Notes
Killed as part of the 30 September Movement
1 October 1965
1 October 1965
Date
1 October 1965
Victim(s)
Donald Izacus Panjaitan, Brigadier General
Notes
Killed as part of the 30 September Movement
1 October 1965
1 October 1965
Date
1 October 1965
Victim(s)
Sutoyo Siswomiharjo, Brigadier General and Judge Advocate General of the Army
Notes
Killed as part of the 30 September Movement
22 November 1965
22 November 1965
Date
22 November 1965
Victim(s)
Dipa Nusantara Aidit, leader of the Communist Party of Indonesia
Notes
Killed during the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66
7 September 2004
7 September 2004
Date
7 September 2004
Victim(s)
Munir Said Thalib, human rights and anti-corruption activist
Assassin(s)
Pollycarpus Priyanto
Notes
Poisoned with arsenic while flying on a Garuda Indonesia flight from Jakarta to Amsterdam
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 1 October 1965 | Achmad Yani, Lieutenant General and Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army | Killed as part of the 30 September Movement | |
| 1 October 1965 | Soeprapto, Major General and Second Deputy Commander of the Indonesian Army | Killed as part of the 30 September Movement | |
| 1 October 1965 | M. T. Haryono, Major General and Third Deputy Commander of the Indonesian Army | Killed as part of the 30 September Movement | |
| 1 October 1965 | Siswondo Parman, Major General | Killed as part of the 30 September Movement | |
| 1 October 1965 | Donald Izacus Panjaitan, Brigadier General | Killed as part of the 30 September Movement | |
| 1 October 1965 | Sutoyo Siswomiharjo, Brigadier General and Judge Advocate General of the Army | Killed as part of the 30 September Movement | |
| 22 November 1965 | Dipa Nusantara Aidit, leader of the Communist Party of Indonesia | Killed during the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66 | |
| 7 September 2004 | Munir Said Thalib, human rights and anti-corruption activist | Pollycarpus Priyanto | Poisoned with arsenic while flying on a Garuda Indonesia flight from Jakarta to Amsterdam |
· Iran
465 BC
465 BC
Date
465 BC
Victim(s)
Xerxes I, Persian king
Assassin(s)
Artabanus, commander of the royal bodyguard
423 BC
423 BC
Date
423 BC
Victim(s)
Xerxes II, Persian king
Assassin(s)
Sogdianus, Xerxes' half-brother
423 BC
423 BC
Date
423 BC
Victim(s)
Sogdianus, Persian king
Assassin(s)
Darius II, Sogdianus' half-brother
651
651
Date
651
Victim(s)
Yazdegerd III, Persian king
Assassin(s)
Assassin sent by Mahoe Suri
23 August 818
23 August 818
Date
23 August 818
Victim(s)
Ali al-Ridha, eighth Imam of Shi'ite Islam
Notes
Ali al-Rida died in Tus (present-day Mashhad) on the last day of Safar 203 (September 818), possibly poisoned or due to Foodborne illness.
14 October 1092
14 October 1092
Date
14 October 1092
Victim(s)
Nizam al-Mulk, scholar and vizier of the Seljuk Sultanate
Assassin(s)
Order of Assassins
29 August 1135
29 August 1135
Date
29 August 1135
Victim(s)
Al-Mustarshid, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad
Assassin(s)
Order of Assassins
Notes
Al-Mustarshid was in the caliphal tent, he was found murdered while reading the Quran, as is supposed, by an emissary of the Shia Assassins.
6 June 1138
6 June 1138
Date
6 June 1138
Victim(s)
Al-Rashid Billah, thirtieth Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad
Assassin(s)
Order of Assassins
Notes
Al-Rashid went to Isfahan where he was assassinated by a team of four Assassins. This was celebrated in Alamut for a week.
20 June 1747
20 June 1747
Date
20 June 1747
Victim(s)
Nader Shah, Shah of Persia
Assassin(s)
Army officers led by Salah Bey, captain of the guards
Notes
Nadar was attacked in his sleep, but was able to kill two of the assassins before dying.
11 February 1829
11 February 1829
Date
11 February 1829
Victim(s)
Alexander Griboyedov, Russian Ambassador to Persia
Notes
Killed by a mob
1 May 1896
1 May 1896
Date
1 May 1896
Victim(s)
Nasser-al-Din Shah, Shah of Persia
Assassin(s)
Mirza Reza Kermani
Notes
Assassinated on the day of his fiftieth kingship ceremony.
3 October 1933
3 October 1933
Date
3 October 1933
Victim(s)
Abdolhossein Teymourtash, Minister of the Imperial Court
Notes
Died in Qasr Prison, possibly assassinated by doctor Ahmad Ahmadi
1937
1937
Date
1937
Victim(s)
Firouz Mirza Nosrat-ed-Dowleh Farman Farmaian III, former Foreign Minister of Iran
Notes
killed after being arrested on the orders of Reza Shah
31 March 1947
31 March 1947
Date
31 March 1947
Victim(s)
Qazi Muhammad, dissident Kurdish political leader
Notes
Killed in Mahabad
5 November 1949
5 November 1949
Date
5 November 1949
Victim(s)
Abdolhossein Hazhir, Minister of the Imperial Court
Assassin(s)
Fada'iyan-e Islam
7 March 1951
7 March 1951
Date
7 March 1951
Victim(s)
Ali Razmara, Prime Minister of Iran
Assassin(s)
Khalil Tahmasebi, a member of Fada'iyan-e Islam
Notes
Shot in a mosque.
22 January 1965
22 January 1965
Date
22 January 1965
Victim(s)
Hassan Ali Mansur, Prime Minister of Iran
Assassin(s)
Mohammad Bokharaei, a member of Fada'iyan-e Islam
Notes
Died in hospital on 27 January
28 June 1981
28 June 1981
Date
28 June 1981
Victim(s)
Mohammad Beheshti, Chief Justice of Iran
Assassin(s)
Mohammad Reza Kolahi, an operative of the People's Mujahedin of Iran
Notes
Killed along with 72 others in the Hafte Tir bombing
30 August 1981
30 August 1981
Date
30 August 1981
Victim(s)
Mohammad Ali Rajai, President of IranMohammad Javad Bahonar, Prime Minister of Iran
Assassin(s)
Massoud Keshmiri, an operative of the People's Mujahedin of Iran
Notes
Killed in the 1981 Iranian Prime Minister's office bombing
23 November 1988
23 November 1988
Date
23 November 1988
Victim(s)
Kazem Sami, former Minister of Health and leader of the JAMA Party
Notes
Believed to have been killed as part of the Chain Murders
30 January 1994
30 January 1994
Date
30 January 1994
Victim(s)
Haik Hovsepian Mehr, Bishop of the Jama'at-e Rabbani Protestant Church
Notes
Believed to have been killed as part of the Chain Murders
5 July 1994
5 July 1994
Date
5 July 1994
Victim(s)
Mehdi Dibaj, Christian convert from Shia Islam
Notes
Believed to have been killed as part of the Chain Murders
15 January 1997
15 January 1997
Date
15 January 1997
Victim(s)
Ahmad Tafazzoli, professor of Iranian culture
Notes
Believed to have been killed as part of the Chain Murders
22 February 1997
22 February 1997
Date
22 February 1997
Victim(s)
Ebrahim Zalzadeh, dissident author and editor
Notes
Believed to have been killed as part of the Chain Murders
22 September 1998
22 September 1998
Date
22 September 1998
Victim(s)
Hamid Hajizadeh, poet
Notes
Believed to have been killed as part of the Chain Murders
19 November 1998
19 November 1998
Date
19 November 1998
Victim(s)
Majid Sharif, translator and journalist
Notes
Believed to have been killed as part of the Chain Murders
22 November 1998
22 November 1998
Date
22 November 1998
Victim(s)
Dariush Forouhar, leader of the Party of the Iranian Nation and his wife, Parvaneh Eskandari Forouhar
Notes
Believed to have been killed as part of the Chain Murders
3 December 1998
3 December 1998
Date
3 December 1998
Victim(s)
Mohammad Mokhtari, writer and political activist
Notes
Believed to have been killed as part of the Chain Murders
8 December 1998
8 December 1998
Date
8 December 1998
Victim(s)
Mohammad-Ja'far Pouyandeh, writer and political activist
Notes
Believed to have been killed as part of the Chain Murders
2 August 2005
2 August 2005
Date
2 August 2005
Victim(s)
Masoud Ahmadi Moghaddasi, judge
Assassin(s)
Majid Kavousifar
Notes
Shot twice in the head while commuting home from work
11 January 2012
11 January 2012
Date
11 January 2012
Victim(s)
Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, nuclear scientist and university professor
Notes
Killed by a bomber from a motorcycle
17 October 2018
17 October 2018
Date
17 October 2018
Victim(s)
Farshid Hakki, human rights activist and environmentalist
Notes
Stabbed to death.
27 November 2020
27 November 2020
Date
27 November 2020
Victim(s)
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, academic physicist and brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Notes
Killed by a remote-controlled machine gun.
22 May 2022
22 May 2022
Date
22 May 2022
Victim(s)
Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, colonel in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Assassin(s)
Unknown, claimed to be Israelis by the IRGC
Notes
Shot dead by gunmen on a motorcycle in Tehran
26 April 2023
26 April 2023
Date
26 April 2023
Victim(s)
Ayatollah Abbas-Ali Soleimani, member of the Assembly of Experts
31 July 2024
31 July 2024
Date
31 July 2024
Victim(s)
Ismail Haniyeh, Chief of Hamas
Assassin(s)
Israel (alleged)
Notes
Haniyeh was killed after attending the inauguration ceremony of Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran, Iran with varying accounts of either an air strike or a remote controlled detonation device being the cause of his death. His personal bodyguard Wissam Abbu Shaaban was also killed in the blast.
18 January 2025
18 January 2025
Date
18 January 2025
Victim(s)
Mohammad Moghiseh, Iranian Supreme Court judge
Assassin(s)
Farshad Asadi
Notes
Shot and killed inside the country's Supreme Court, the perpetrator committed suicide and no group has yet claimed responsibility. Both men were involved in 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners.
Ali Razini, Iranian Supreme Court judge
Ali Razini, Iranian Supreme Court judge
Date
Ali Razini, Iranian Supreme Court judge
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 465 BC | Xerxes I, Persian king | Artabanus, commander of the royal bodyguard | |
| 423 BC | Xerxes II, Persian king | Sogdianus, Xerxes' half-brother | |
| 423 BC | Sogdianus, Persian king | Darius II, Sogdianus' half-brother | |
| 651 | Yazdegerd III, Persian king | Assassin sent by Mahoe Suri | |
| 23 August 818 | Ali al-Ridha, eighth Imam of Shi'ite Islam | Ali al-Rida died in Tus (present-day Mashhad) on the last day of Safar 203 (September 818), possibly poisoned or due to Foodborne illness. | |
| 14 October 1092 | Nizam al-Mulk, scholar and vizier of the Seljuk Sultanate | Order of Assassins | |
| 29 August 1135 | Al-Mustarshid, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad | Order of Assassins | Al-Mustarshid was in the caliphal tent, he was found murdered while reading the Quran, as is supposed, by an emissary of the Shia Assassins. |
| 6 June 1138 | Al-Rashid Billah, thirtieth Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad | Order of Assassins | Al-Rashid went to Isfahan where he was assassinated by a team of four Assassins. This was celebrated in Alamut for a week. |
| 20 June 1747 | Nader Shah, Shah of Persia | Army officers led by Salah Bey, captain of the guards | Nadar was attacked in his sleep, but was able to kill two of the assassins before dying. |
| 11 February 1829 | Alexander Griboyedov, Russian Ambassador to Persia | Killed by a mob | |
| 1 May 1896 | Nasser-al-Din Shah, Shah of Persia | Mirza Reza Kermani | Assassinated on the day of his fiftieth kingship ceremony. |
| 3 October 1933 | Abdolhossein Teymourtash, Minister of the Imperial Court | Died in Qasr Prison, possibly assassinated by doctor Ahmad Ahmadi | |
| 1937 | Firouz Mirza Nosrat-ed-Dowleh Farman Farmaian III, former Foreign Minister of Iran | killed after being arrested on the orders of Reza Shah | |
| 31 March 1947 | Qazi Muhammad, dissident Kurdish political leader | Killed in Mahabad | |
| 5 November 1949 | Abdolhossein Hazhir, Minister of the Imperial Court | Fada'iyan-e Islam | |
| 7 March 1951 | Ali Razmara, Prime Minister of Iran | Khalil Tahmasebi, a member of Fada'iyan-e Islam | Shot in a mosque. |
| 22 January 1965 | Hassan Ali Mansur, Prime Minister of Iran | Mohammad Bokharaei, a member of Fada'iyan-e Islam | Died in hospital on 27 January |
| 28 June 1981 | Mohammad Beheshti, Chief Justice of Iran | Mohammad Reza Kolahi, an operative of the People's Mujahedin of Iran | Killed along with 72 others in the Hafte Tir bombing |
| 30 August 1981 | Mohammad Ali Rajai, President of IranMohammad Javad Bahonar, Prime Minister of Iran | Massoud Keshmiri, an operative of the People's Mujahedin of Iran | Killed in the 1981 Iranian Prime Minister's office bombing |
| 23 November 1988 | Kazem Sami, former Minister of Health and leader of the JAMA Party | Believed to have been killed as part of the Chain Murders | |
| 30 January 1994 | Haik Hovsepian Mehr, Bishop of the Jama'at-e Rabbani Protestant Church | Believed to have been killed as part of the Chain Murders | |
| 5 July 1994 | Mehdi Dibaj, Christian convert from Shia Islam | Believed to have been killed as part of the Chain Murders | |
| 15 January 1997 | Ahmad Tafazzoli, professor of Iranian culture | Believed to have been killed as part of the Chain Murders | |
| 22 February 1997 | Ebrahim Zalzadeh, dissident author and editor | Believed to have been killed as part of the Chain Murders | |
| 22 September 1998 | Hamid Hajizadeh, poet | Believed to have been killed as part of the Chain Murders | |
| 19 November 1998 | Majid Sharif, translator and journalist | Believed to have been killed as part of the Chain Murders | |
| 22 November 1998 | Dariush Forouhar, leader of the Party of the Iranian Nation and his wife, Parvaneh Eskandari Forouhar | Believed to have been killed as part of the Chain Murders | |
| 3 December 1998 | Mohammad Mokhtari, writer and political activist | Believed to have been killed as part of the Chain Murders | |
| 8 December 1998 | Mohammad-Ja'far Pouyandeh, writer and political activist | Believed to have been killed as part of the Chain Murders | |
| 2 August 2005 | Masoud Ahmadi Moghaddasi, judge | Majid Kavousifar | Shot twice in the head while commuting home from work |
| 11 January 2012 | Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, nuclear scientist and university professor | Killed by a bomber from a motorcycle | |
| 17 October 2018 | Farshid Hakki, human rights activist and environmentalist | Stabbed to death. | |
| 27 November 2020 | Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, academic physicist and brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps | Killed by a remote-controlled machine gun. | |
| 22 May 2022 | Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, colonel in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps | Unknown, claimed to be Israelis by the IRGC | Shot dead by gunmen on a motorcycle in Tehran |
| 26 April 2023 | Ayatollah Abbas-Ali Soleimani, member of the Assembly of Experts | ||
| 31 July 2024 | Ismail Haniyeh, Chief of Hamas | Israel (alleged) | Haniyeh was killed after attending the inauguration ceremony of Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran, Iran with varying accounts of either an air strike or a remote controlled detonation device being the cause of his death. His personal bodyguard Wissam Abbu Shaaban was also killed in the blast. |
| 18 January 2025 | Mohammad Moghiseh, Iranian Supreme Court judge | Farshad Asadi | Shot and killed inside the country's Supreme Court, the perpetrator committed suicide and no group has yet claimed responsibility. Both men were involved in 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners. |
| Ali Razini, Iranian Supreme Court judge |
· Iraq
681 BC
681 BC
Date
681 BC
Victim(s)
Sennacherib, Assyrian king
Assassin(s)
Arda Mulissi
Notes
Stabbed to death while at prayer in a temple, or possibly crushed under a winged child angelica.
20 February 244
20 February 244
Date
20 February 244
Victim(s)
Gordian III, Roman emperor
Notes
Possibly killed near Circesium by his troops
January 26, 661
January 26, 661
Date
January 26, 661
Victim(s)
Ali ibn Abi Talib, first Shiite Imam and 4th Caliph of Sunni Islam
Assassin(s)
Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam
10 October 680
10 October 680
Date
10 October 680
Victim(s)
Husayn ibn Ali, 3rd Imam of Shia Islam and grandson of the Prophet Muhammed
Notes
‘Umar ibn Sa'ad, the head of Kufan army, sent a messenger to Husayn to inquire about the purpose of his coming to Iraq. Husayn answered again that he had responded to the invitation of the people of Kufa but was ready to leave if they now disliked his presence. When Umar ibn Sa'ad, the head of Kufan army, reported it back to ibn Ziyad, the governor instructed him to offer Ḥusayn and his supporters the opportunity to swear allegiance to Yazid. He also ordered Umar to cut off Husayn and his followers from access to the water of the Euphrates. On the next morning, as ʿOmar b. Saʿd arranged the Kufan army in battle order, Al-Hurr ibn Yazid al Tamimi challenged him and went over to Al-Ḥusayn. He addressed the Kufans in vain, rebuking them for their treachery to the grandson of Muhammad, and was killed in the battle
686
686
Date
686
Victim(s)
Umar ibn Sa'ad, Umayyad general
Assassin(s)
Abu Amra Kaysan
Notes
Killed by Abu Amra Kaysan, on the orders of Mukhtar al-Thaqafi to avenge the death of Husayn ibn Ali
11 December 861
11 December 861
Date
11 December 861
Victim(s)
Al-Mutawakkil, tenth Abbasid Caliph
Assassin(s)
Turkic guards
Notes
Caliph al-Mutawakkil had named his three sons as heirs (Al-Muntasir, al-Mu'tazz, al-Mu'ayyad). He seemed to favour al-Muntasir. However, afterwards this seemed to change and al-Muntasir feared his father was going to move against him. So, he decided to strike first. Al-Mutawakkil was killed by a Turkic soldier with the help of his son (Al-Muntasir) on Wednesday the night of 10/11 December, about one hour after midnight, the Turks burst in the chamber where the Caliph was having supper.
21 June 870
21 June 870
Date
21 June 870
Victim(s)
Al-Muhtadi, fourteenth Abbasid caliph
Assassin(s)
Abbasid Turkic regiment
Notes
The breakdown in relations between the caliph al-Muhtadi and the Abbasid Turkic regiment contributed to the decision by the Samarran regiments to overthrow and kill al-Muhtadi in 21 June 870
29 October 1936
29 October 1936
Date
29 October 1936
Victim(s)
Jaafar Al-Askari, former Prime Minister of Iraq
Notes
Assassinated during the 1936 Iraqi coup d'état
14 July 1958
14 July 1958
Date
14 July 1958
Victim(s)
Faisal II, King of Iraq
Notes
Killed during the 14 July Revolution
14 July 1958
14 July 1958
Date
14 July 1958
Victim(s)
Ibrahim Hashem, former Prime Minister of Jordan and Vice President of the Arab Federation
Notes
Killed during the 14 July Revolution
15 July 1958
15 July 1958
Date
15 July 1958
Victim(s)
Nuri Pasha as-Said, Prime Minister of Iraq
Notes
Killed during the 14 July Revolution
9 February 1963
9 February 1963
Date
9 February 1963
Victim(s)
Abd al-Karim Qasim, Prime Minister of Iraq
Notes
Killed during a Baath-backed coup
9 April 1980
9 April 1980
Date
9 April 1980
Victim(s)
Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr, former Grand Ayatollah
Notes
Killed by Saddam Hussein along with his sister, Bint al-Huda
1980
1980
Date
1980
Victim(s)
Bint al-Huda, educator and political activist
Notes
Killed by Saddam Hussein along with her brother, Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr
24 January 1988
24 January 1988
Date
24 January 1988
Victim(s)
Mahdi al-Hakim, prominent opposition figure
Notes
Assassinated in the lobby of the Hilton in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. His companion Halim Abd-al-Wahhab was wounded in the leg.
19 February 1999
19 February 1999
Date
19 February 1999
Victim(s)
Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, former Grand Ayatollah
Notes
Killed in Najaf along with two of his sons
10 April 2003
10 April 2003
Date
10 April 2003
Victim(s)
Abdul-Majid al-Khoei, Shia cleric
19 August 2003
19 August 2003
Date
19 August 2003
Victim(s)
Sérgio Vieira de Mello, UN Special Representative in Iraq
Notes
Killed in the Canal Hotel bombing
29 August 2003
29 August 2003
Date
29 August 2003
Victim(s)
Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, highly influential Shi'ite ayatollah
Notes
Killed in the Imam Ali Mosque bombing
25 September 2003
25 September 2003
Date
25 September 2003
Victim(s)
Aquila al-Hashimi, Iraqi Governing Council member
28 October 2003
28 October 2003
Date
28 October 2003
Victim(s)
Ahmad Shawkat, journalist
7 May 2004
7 May 2004
Date
7 May 2004
Victim(s)
Waldemar Milewicz, Polish journalist
17 May 2004
17 May 2004
Date
17 May 2004
Victim(s)
Ezzedine Salim, acting chairman of the Iraqi Governing Council and member of parliament
Notes
Killed by members of Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad
1 November 2004
1 November 2004
Date
1 November 2004
Victim(s)
Hatem Kamil, deputy governor of Baghdad Governorate
4 January 2005
4 January 2005
Date
4 January 2005
Victim(s)
Ali al-Haidari, governor of Baghdad Governorate
4 January 2005
4 January 2005
Date
4 January 2005
Victim(s)
Hadi Saleh, Secretary of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions
27 April 2005
27 April 2005
Date
27 April 2005
Victim(s)
Lamiya Abed Khadawi, member of parliament
28 June 2005
28 June 2005
Date
28 June 2005
Victim(s)
Dhari Ali al-Fayadh, member of parliament
Notes
Killed by members of al-Qaeda in Iraq
July 2005
July 2005
Date
July 2005
Victim(s)
Ihab al-Sherif, Egyptian ambassador to Iraq
Notes
Abducted on 3 July by al-Qaeda in Iraq; his death was confirmed on 7 July
22 February 2006
22 February 2006
Date
22 February 2006
Victim(s)
Atwar Bahjat, journalist
Assassin(s)
Yasser al-Takhi
27 April 2006
27 April 2006
Date
27 April 2006
Victim(s)
Maysoon al-Hashemi, head of the Iraqi Islamic Party women's department
7 June 2006
7 June 2006
Date
7 June 2006
Victim(s)
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq
Notes
Killed in a U.S. airstrike
29 January 2007
29 January 2007
Date
29 January 2007
Victim(s)
Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim, leader of an armed extremist Shia cult
Notes
Killed by U.S. military
1 April 2007
1 April 2007
Date
1 April 2007
Victim(s)
Mohammed Awad, member of parliament
Notes
Killed in the 2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing
25 June 2007
25 June 2007
Date
25 June 2007
Victim(s)
Fasal al Gaood, former governor of Al Anbar Governorate
11 August 2007
11 August 2007
Date
11 August 2007
Victim(s)
Khalil Jalil Hamza, governor of Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate
20 August 2007
20 August 2007
Date
20 August 2007
Victim(s)
Mohammed Ali al-Hasani, governor of Muthanna Governorate
13 September 2007
13 September 2007
Date
13 September 2007
Victim(s)
Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, Sunni tribal leader
Notes
Killed by al-Qaeda in Iraq
5 October 2008
5 October 2008
Date
5 October 2008
Victim(s)
Mohamed Moumou, Number 2 leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq and senior leader in Northern Iraq
Notes
Killed by U.S. military
2008
2008
Date
2008
Victim(s)
Paulos Faraj Rahho, Chaldean Catholic Archeparch of Mosul
Assassin(s)
Al-Qaeda in Iraq
Notes
Kidnapped on 29 February 2008; his body was discovered on 13 March
12 June 2009
12 June 2009
Date
12 June 2009
Victim(s)
Harith al-Obeidi, member of parliament
22 December 2009
22 December 2009
Date
22 December 2009
Victim(s)
Riad Abdel Majid, Brigadier General in the Iraqi Army
18 April 2010
18 April 2010
Date
18 April 2010
Victim(s)
Abu Ayyub al-Masri, leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)
Notes
Killed by U.S. and Iraqi forces
15 January 2013
15 January 2013
Date
15 January 2013
Victim(s)
Ayfan Sadoun al-Essawi, prominent Sunni member of parliament
3 January 2020
3 January 2020
Date
3 January 2020
Victim(s)
Qasem Soleimani, major general of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Assassin(s)
United States Air Force
Notes
Killed in the 2020 Baghdad International Airport airstrike by the United States
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Secretary-General of Kata'ib Hezbollah
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Secretary-General of Kata'ib Hezbollah
Date
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Secretary-General of Kata'ib Hezbollah
6 July 2020
6 July 2020
Date
6 July 2020
Victim(s)
Hisham al-Hashimi, historian and researcher
Assassin(s)
Ahmed Hamdawi Owayid Kinani
Notes
Killed outside his home
19 August 2020
19 August 2020
Date
19 August 2020
Victim(s)
Reham Yacoub, human rights advocate and doctor
Notes
Shot dead by gunmen on a motorcycle
15 January 2024
15 January 2024
Date
15 January 2024
Victim(s)
Peshraw Dizayee, CEO of Empire World
Assassin(s)
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Notes
Killed in the 2024 Erbil attack by Iran
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 681 BC | Sennacherib, Assyrian king | Arda Mulissi | Stabbed to death while at prayer in a temple, or possibly crushed under a winged child angelica. |
| 20 February 244 | Gordian III, Roman emperor | Possibly killed near Circesium by his troops | |
| January 26, 661 | Ali ibn Abi Talib, first Shiite Imam and 4th Caliph of Sunni Islam | Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam | |
| 10 October 680 | Husayn ibn Ali, 3rd Imam of Shia Islam and grandson of the Prophet Muhammed | ‘Umar ibn Sa'ad, the head of Kufan army, sent a messenger to Husayn to inquire about the purpose of his coming to Iraq. Husayn answered again that he had responded to the invitation of the people of Kufa but was ready to leave if they now disliked his presence. When Umar ibn Sa'ad, the head of Kufan army, reported it back to ibn Ziyad, the governor instructed him to offer Ḥusayn and his supporters the opportunity to swear allegiance to Yazid. He also ordered Umar to cut off Husayn and his followers from access to the water of the Euphrates. On the next morning, as ʿOmar b. Saʿd arranged the Kufan army in battle order, Al-Hurr ibn Yazid al Tamimi challenged him and went over to Al-Ḥusayn. He addressed the Kufans in vain, rebuking them for their treachery to the grandson of Muhammad, and was killed in the battle | |
| 686 | Umar ibn Sa'ad, Umayyad general | Abu Amra Kaysan | Killed by Abu Amra Kaysan, on the orders of Mukhtar al-Thaqafi to avenge the death of Husayn ibn Ali |
| 11 December 861 | Al-Mutawakkil, tenth Abbasid Caliph | Turkic guards | Caliph al-Mutawakkil had named his three sons as heirs (Al-Muntasir, al-Mu'tazz, al-Mu'ayyad). He seemed to favour al-Muntasir. However, afterwards this seemed to change and al-Muntasir feared his father was going to move against him. So, he decided to strike first. Al-Mutawakkil was killed by a Turkic soldier with the help of his son (Al-Muntasir) on Wednesday the night of 10/11 December, about one hour after midnight, the Turks burst in the chamber where the Caliph was having supper. |
| 21 June 870 | Al-Muhtadi, fourteenth Abbasid caliph | Abbasid Turkic regiment | The breakdown in relations between the caliph al-Muhtadi and the Abbasid Turkic regiment contributed to the decision by the Samarran regiments to overthrow and kill al-Muhtadi in 21 June 870 |
| 29 October 1936 | Jaafar Al-Askari, former Prime Minister of Iraq | Assassinated during the 1936 Iraqi coup d'état | |
| 14 July 1958 | Faisal II, King of Iraq | Killed during the 14 July Revolution | |
| 14 July 1958 | Ibrahim Hashem, former Prime Minister of Jordan and Vice President of the Arab Federation | Killed during the 14 July Revolution | |
| 15 July 1958 | Nuri Pasha as-Said, Prime Minister of Iraq | Killed during the 14 July Revolution | |
| 9 February 1963 | Abd al-Karim Qasim, Prime Minister of Iraq | Killed during a Baath-backed coup | |
| 9 April 1980 | Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr, former Grand Ayatollah | Killed by Saddam Hussein along with his sister, Bint al-Huda | |
| 1980 | Bint al-Huda, educator and political activist | Killed by Saddam Hussein along with her brother, Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr | |
| 24 January 1988 | Mahdi al-Hakim, prominent opposition figure | Assassinated in the lobby of the Hilton in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. His companion Halim Abd-al-Wahhab was wounded in the leg. | |
| 19 February 1999 | Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, former Grand Ayatollah | Killed in Najaf along with two of his sons | |
| 10 April 2003 | Abdul-Majid al-Khoei, Shia cleric | ||
| 19 August 2003 | Sérgio Vieira de Mello, UN Special Representative in Iraq | Killed in the Canal Hotel bombing | |
| 29 August 2003 | Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, highly influential Shi'ite ayatollah | Killed in the Imam Ali Mosque bombing | |
| 25 September 2003 | Aquila al-Hashimi, Iraqi Governing Council member | ||
| 28 October 2003 | Ahmad Shawkat, journalist | ||
| 7 May 2004 | Waldemar Milewicz, Polish journalist | ||
| 17 May 2004 | Ezzedine Salim, acting chairman of the Iraqi Governing Council and member of parliament | Killed by members of Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad | |
| 1 November 2004 | Hatem Kamil, deputy governor of Baghdad Governorate | ||
| 4 January 2005 | Ali al-Haidari, governor of Baghdad Governorate | ||
| 4 January 2005 | Hadi Saleh, Secretary of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions | ||
| 27 April 2005 | Lamiya Abed Khadawi, member of parliament | ||
| 28 June 2005 | Dhari Ali al-Fayadh, member of parliament | Killed by members of al-Qaeda in Iraq | |
| July 2005 | Ihab al-Sherif, Egyptian ambassador to Iraq | Abducted on 3 July by al-Qaeda in Iraq; his death was confirmed on 7 July | |
| 22 February 2006 | Atwar Bahjat, journalist | Yasser al-Takhi | |
| 27 April 2006 | Maysoon al-Hashemi, head of the Iraqi Islamic Party women's department | ||
| 7 June 2006 | Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq | Killed in a U.S. airstrike | |
| 29 January 2007 | Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim, leader of an armed extremist Shia cult | Killed by U.S. military | |
| 1 April 2007 | Mohammed Awad, member of parliament | Killed in the 2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing | |
| 25 June 2007 | Fasal al Gaood, former governor of Al Anbar Governorate | ||
| 11 August 2007 | Khalil Jalil Hamza, governor of Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate | ||
| 20 August 2007 | Mohammed Ali al-Hasani, governor of Muthanna Governorate | ||
| 13 September 2007 | Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, Sunni tribal leader | Killed by al-Qaeda in Iraq | |
| 5 October 2008 | Mohamed Moumou, Number 2 leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq and senior leader in Northern Iraq | Killed by U.S. military | |
| 2008 | Paulos Faraj Rahho, Chaldean Catholic Archeparch of Mosul | Al-Qaeda in Iraq | Kidnapped on 29 February 2008; his body was discovered on 13 March |
| 12 June 2009 | Harith al-Obeidi, member of parliament | ||
| 22 December 2009 | Riad Abdel Majid, Brigadier General in the Iraqi Army | ||
| 18 April 2010 | Abu Ayyub al-Masri, leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) | Killed by U.S. and Iraqi forces | |
| 15 January 2013 | Ayfan Sadoun al-Essawi, prominent Sunni member of parliament | ||
| 3 January 2020 | Qasem Soleimani, major general of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps | United States Air Force | Killed in the 2020 Baghdad International Airport airstrike by the United States |
| Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Secretary-General of Kata'ib Hezbollah | |||
| 6 July 2020 | Hisham al-Hashimi, historian and researcher | Ahmed Hamdawi Owayid Kinani | Killed outside his home |
| 19 August 2020 | Reham Yacoub, human rights advocate and doctor | Shot dead by gunmen on a motorcycle | |
| 15 January 2024 | Peshraw Dizayee, CEO of Empire World | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps | Killed in the 2024 Erbil attack by Iran |
· Israel
582/1 BCE
582/1 BCE
Date
582/1 BCE
Victim(s)
Gedaliah, governor of Yehud
Assassin(s)
Ishmael son of Nethaniah
135/4 BCE
135/4 BCE
Date
135/4 BCE
Victim(s)
Simon Thassi, High Priest of Israel and Crown Prince of Judea
Assassin(s)
Ptolemy son of Abubus
Notes
In addition two of his sons were killed, his wife was held hostage and later killed
1134
1134
Date
1134
Victim(s)
Hugh II of Jaffa
Notes
Attacked by a Breton knight, and died of his wounds shortly after.
October 1174
October 1174
Date
October 1174
Victim(s)
Miles of Plancy, regent of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
28 April 1192
28 April 1192
Date
28 April 1192
Victim(s)
Conrad of Montferrat, King of Jerusalem and leader in the Third Crusade
Notes
Killed by Hashshashin
30 June 1924
30 June 1924
Date
30 June 1924
Victim(s)
Jacob Israël de Haan, pro-Orthodox Jewish diplomat
Notes
Killed by members of Haganah
16 June 1933
16 June 1933
Date
16 June 1933
Victim(s)
Haim Arlosoroff, Zionist leader in the British Mandate of Palestine
26 August 1939
26 August 1939
Date
26 August 1939
Victim(s)
Ralph Cairns, commander of the Palestine Police CID's Jewish Section in Jerusalem
Notes
Assassinated by the Irgun under orders from its commander, Hanoch Kalai
28 May 1948
28 May 1948
Date
28 May 1948
Victim(s)
Thomas C. Wasson, US Consul General in Jerusalem
Notes
Shot by a sniper in West Jerusalem
17 September 1948
17 September 1948
Date
17 September 1948
Victim(s)
Folke Bernadotte, Middle East peace mediator and member of the Swedish Royal Family
Assassin(s)
Lehi
Notes
Assassinated by the Lehi during the First Arab-Israeli War
15 March 1957
15 March 1957
Date
15 March 1957
Victim(s)
Rudolf Kastner, Hungarian Zionist leader, negotiated the Kasztner train with the Nazis
Assassin(s)
Ze'ev Eckstein, a member of the Lehi
12 January 1981
12 January 1981
Date
12 January 1981
Victim(s)
Hamad Abu Rabia, member of the Knesset
Notes
Killed by the sons of Jabr Muadi, a Druze politician
10 February 1983
10 February 1983
Date
10 February 1983
Victim(s)
Emil Grunzweig, peace activist
Assassin(s)
Yonah Avrushmi
Notes
Killed by a grenade explosion launched by a right-wing activist during a Peace Now demonstration
4 November 1995
4 November 1995
Date
4 November 1995
Victim(s)
Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize recipient
Assassin(s)
Yigal Amir
Notes
Shot by an opponent of the Oslo Accords. See Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.
31 December 2000
31 December 2000
Date
31 December 2000
Victim(s)
Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, son of Meir David Kahane, leader of Kahane Chai, Zionist
17 October 2001
17 October 2001
Date
17 October 2001
Victim(s)
Rehavam Zeevi, Minister of Tourism
Assassin(s)
Hamdi Quran, Basel al-Asmar, Majdi Rahima Rimawi, and Ahad Olma, members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 582/1 BCE | Gedaliah, governor of Yehud | Ishmael son of Nethaniah | |
| 135/4 BCE | Simon Thassi, High Priest of Israel and Crown Prince of Judea | Ptolemy son of Abubus | In addition two of his sons were killed, his wife was held hostage and later killed |
| 1134 | Hugh II of Jaffa | Attacked by a Breton knight, and died of his wounds shortly after. | |
| October 1174 | Miles of Plancy, regent of the Kingdom of Jerusalem | ||
| 28 April 1192 | Conrad of Montferrat, King of Jerusalem and leader in the Third Crusade | Killed by Hashshashin | |
| 30 June 1924 | Jacob Israël de Haan, pro-Orthodox Jewish diplomat | Killed by members of Haganah | |
| 16 June 1933 | Haim Arlosoroff, Zionist leader in the British Mandate of Palestine | ||
| 26 August 1939 | Ralph Cairns, commander of the Palestine Police CID's Jewish Section in Jerusalem | Assassinated by the Irgun under orders from its commander, Hanoch Kalai | |
| 28 May 1948 | Thomas C. Wasson, US Consul General in Jerusalem | Shot by a sniper in West Jerusalem | |
| 17 September 1948 | Folke Bernadotte, Middle East peace mediator and member of the Swedish Royal Family | Lehi | Assassinated by the Lehi during the First Arab-Israeli War |
| 15 March 1957 | Rudolf Kastner, Hungarian Zionist leader, negotiated the Kasztner train with the Nazis | Ze'ev Eckstein, a member of the Lehi | |
| 12 January 1981 | Hamad Abu Rabia, member of the Knesset | Killed by the sons of Jabr Muadi, a Druze politician | |
| 10 February 1983 | Emil Grunzweig, peace activist | Yonah Avrushmi | Killed by a grenade explosion launched by a right-wing activist during a Peace Now demonstration |
| 4 November 1995 | Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize recipient | Yigal Amir | Shot by an opponent of the Oslo Accords. See Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. |
| 31 December 2000 | Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, son of Meir David Kahane, leader of Kahane Chai, Zionist | ||
| 17 October 2001 | Rehavam Zeevi, Minister of Tourism | Hamdi Quran, Basel al-Asmar, Majdi Rahima Rimawi, and Ahad Olma, members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine |
· Japan
456
456
Date
456
Victim(s)
Emperor Ankō, Emperor of Japan
Assassin(s)
Prince Mayowa no Ōkimi
592
592
Date
592
Victim(s)
Emperor Sushun, Emperor of Japan
Assassin(s)
Yamato no Aya no Ataikoma
Notes
The assassination was ordered by Soga no Umako
645
645
Date
645
Victim(s)
Soga no Iruka, son of influential statesman Soga no Emishi
Notes
Killed on the orders of Nakatomi no Kamatari and Prince Naka no Ōe
11 February 1160
11 February 1160
Date
11 February 1160
Victim(s)
Minamoto no Yoshitomo, head of Minamoto clan, father of Minamoto no Yoritomo
13 February 1219
13 February 1219
Date
13 February 1219
Victim(s)
Minamoto no Sanetomo, third shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate
Assassin(s)
Kugyō, Sanetomo's nephew
12 July 1441
12 July 1441
Date
12 July 1441
Victim(s)
Ashikaga Yoshinori, sixth shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate
Notes
Killed on the orders of Akamatsu Mitsusuke
25 August 1486
25 August 1486
Date
25 August 1486
Victim(s)
Ōta Dōkan, samurai, architect and builder of Edo Castle
1 August 1507
1 August 1507
Date
1 August 1507
Victim(s)
Hosokawa Masamoto, shugo daimyō of Ashikaga shogunate
Assassin(s)
Kosai Motonaga and Hosokawa Sumiyuki
1535
1535
Date
1535
Victim(s)
Matsudaira Kiyoyasu, daimyō, feudal leader
30 September 1551
30 September 1551
Date
30 September 1551
Victim(s)
Ōuchi Yoshitaka, daimyō, feudal leader
22 November 1557
22 November 1557
Date
22 November 1557
Victim(s)
Oda Nobuyuki, samurai, younger brother of Oda Nobunaga
17 June 1565
17 June 1565
Date
17 June 1565
Victim(s)
Ashikaga Yoshiteru, shōgun, feudal leader
Assassin(s)
Miyoshi clan
Notes
Killed on the orders of Matsunaga Hisahide
24 February 1566
24 February 1566
Date
24 February 1566
Victim(s)
Mimura Iechika, daimyō, feudal leader
Assassin(s)
Endō Matajirō and Yoshijirō
Notes
Killed on the orders of Ukita Naoie
20 August 1578
20 August 1578
Date
20 August 1578
Victim(s)
Yamanaka Shikanosuke, samurai
Notes
Killed by soldiers of the Mōri clan
21 June 1582
21 June 1582
Date
21 June 1582
Victim(s)
Oda Nobunaga, samurai warlord
Assassin(s)
Forces of Akechi Mitsuhide
1669
1669
Date
1669
Victim(s)
Shakushain, Ainu chieftain
30 January 1703
30 January 1703
Date
30 January 1703
Victim(s)
Kira Yoshinaka, master of ceremonies
Notes
Killed by a group known as the Forty-seven Ronin
March 24, 1860
March 24, 1860
Date
March 24, 1860
Victim(s)
Ii Naosuke, Tairō of the Tokugawa Shogunate
27 October 1863
27 October 1863
Date
27 October 1863
Victim(s)
Serizawa Kamo, chief of Shinsen-gumi
12 August 1864
12 August 1864
Date
12 August 1864
Victim(s)
Sakuma Shozan, politician
Assassin(s)
Kawakami Gensai, samurai
10 December 1867
10 December 1867
Date
10 December 1867
Victim(s)
Sakamoto Ryōma, author
7 December 1869
7 December 1869
Date
7 December 1869
Victim(s)
Ōmura Masujirō, military leader and theorist
15 February 1869
15 February 1869
Date
15 February 1869
Victim(s)
Yokoi Shōnan, scholar and politician
14 May 1878
14 May 1878
Date
14 May 1878
Victim(s)
Okubo Toshimichi, Home Minister of Japan, briefly most powerful man in Japan
Assassin(s)
Shimada Ichirō
12 February 1889
12 February 1889
Date
12 February 1889
Victim(s)
Mori Arinori, Education Minister
28 September 1921
28 September 1921
Date
28 September 1921
Victim(s)
Yasuda Zenjirō, entrepreneur and founder of the Yasuda zaibatsu, great-grand father of Yoko Ono
Assassin(s)
Asahi Heigo
4 November 1921
4 November 1921
Date
4 November 1921
Victim(s)
Hara Takashi, Prime Minister of Japan
Assassin(s)
Nakaoka Kon'ichi, a right-wing railroad switchman
26 August 1931
26 August 1931
Date
26 August 1931
Victim(s)
Osachi Hamaguchi, Prime Minister of Japan
Assassin(s)
Tomeo Sagoya, a member of the Aikoku-sha ultranationalist secret society
9 February 1932
9 February 1932
Date
9 February 1932
Victim(s)
Junnosuke Inoue, businessman
Assassin(s)
Sho Onuma
Notes
Part of the League of Blood Incident
5 March 1932
5 March 1932
Date
5 March 1932
Victim(s)
Dan Takuma, zaibatsu leader
Assassin(s)
Goro Hishinuma, right-wing nationalist
Notes
Part of the League of Blood Incident
15 May 1932
15 May 1932
Date
15 May 1932
Victim(s)
Inukai Tsuyoshi, Prime Minister of Japan
Notes
Killed by naval officers in the May 15 Incident
26 May 1932
26 May 1932
Date
26 May 1932
Victim(s)
Yoshinori Shirakawa, general of the Imperial Japanese Army
Assassin(s)
Yun Bong-gil, Korean independence activist
12 August 1935
12 August 1935
Date
12 August 1935
Victim(s)
Tetsuzan Nagata, general of the Imperial Japanese Army
Assassin(s)
Saburo Aizawa, army officer
26 February 1936
26 February 1936
Date
26 February 1936
Victim(s)
Saitō Makoto, admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy, former prime minister of Japan
Assassin(s)
Imperial Way Faction
Notes
Killed in the February 26 Incident.
Takahashi Korekiyo, former prime minister of Japan
Takahashi Korekiyo, former prime minister of Japan
Date
Takahashi Korekiyo, former prime minister of Japan
Jōtarō Watanabe, Inspector General of Military Training
Jōtarō Watanabe, Inspector General of Military Training
Date
Jōtarō Watanabe, Inspector General of Military Training
12 October 1960
12 October 1960
Date
12 October 1960
Victim(s)
Inejiro Asanuma, Socialist Party of Japan chairman
Assassin(s)
Otoya Yamaguchi
Notes
While Asanuma spoke from the lectern at Tokyo's Hibiya Hall during a televised debate, Yamaguchi rushed onstage and ran his wakizashi (a type of traditional Japanese sword) through Asanuma's abdomen, killing him.
18 June 1985
18 June 1985
Date
18 June 1985
Victim(s)
Kazuo Nagano, fraudster
Assassin(s)
Masakazu Yano and Atsuo Iida
5 November 1989
5 November 1989
Date
5 November 1989
Victim(s)
Tsutsumi Sakamoto, anti-cult lawyer
Assassin(s)
Aum Shinrikyo members
Notes
Killed alongside his wife and infant son for his anti-Aum efforts. Aum members Hideo Murai, Tomomasa Nakagawa, Kazuaki Okazaki, and Satoro Hashimoto were charged with the murders.
12 July 1991
12 July 1991
Date
12 July 1991
Victim(s)
Hitoshi Igarashi, translated The Satanic Verses into Japanese
23 April 1995
23 April 1995
Date
23 April 1995
Victim(s)
Hideo Murai, leading member of Aum Shinrikyo
Assassin(s)
Hiroyuki Jo, member of the Yamaguchi-gumi
Notes
Stabbed to death in Tokyo. Jo had claimed he had been ordered him to kill any Aum Shinrikyo leaders that he could. It is believed that this was done out of fear of the yakuza's connections to the cult being made public.
18 April 2007
18 April 2007
Date
18 April 2007
Victim(s)
Iccho Itoh, Mayor of Nagasaki
Assassin(s)
Tetsuya Shiroo, member of the Yamaguchi-gumi
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 456 | Emperor Ankō, Emperor of Japan | Prince Mayowa no Ōkimi | |
| 592 | Emperor Sushun, Emperor of Japan | Yamato no Aya no Ataikoma | The assassination was ordered by Soga no Umako |
| 645 | Soga no Iruka, son of influential statesman Soga no Emishi | Killed on the orders of Nakatomi no Kamatari and Prince Naka no Ōe | |
| 11 February 1160 | Minamoto no Yoshitomo, head of Minamoto clan, father of Minamoto no Yoritomo | ||
| 13 February 1219 | Minamoto no Sanetomo, third shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate | Kugyō, Sanetomo's nephew | |
| 12 July 1441 | Ashikaga Yoshinori, sixth shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate | Killed on the orders of Akamatsu Mitsusuke | |
| 25 August 1486 | Ōta Dōkan, samurai, architect and builder of Edo Castle | ||
| 1 August 1507 | Hosokawa Masamoto, shugo daimyō of Ashikaga shogunate | Kosai Motonaga and Hosokawa Sumiyuki | |
| 1535 | Matsudaira Kiyoyasu, daimyō, feudal leader | ||
| 30 September 1551 | Ōuchi Yoshitaka, daimyō, feudal leader | ||
| 22 November 1557 | Oda Nobuyuki, samurai, younger brother of Oda Nobunaga | ||
| 17 June 1565 | Ashikaga Yoshiteru, shōgun, feudal leader | Miyoshi clan | Killed on the orders of Matsunaga Hisahide |
| 24 February 1566 | Mimura Iechika, daimyō, feudal leader | Endō Matajirō and Yoshijirō | Killed on the orders of Ukita Naoie |
| 20 August 1578 | Yamanaka Shikanosuke, samurai | Killed by soldiers of the Mōri clan | |
| 21 June 1582 | Oda Nobunaga, samurai warlord | Forces of Akechi Mitsuhide | |
| 1669 | Shakushain, Ainu chieftain | ||
| 30 January 1703 | Kira Yoshinaka, master of ceremonies | Killed by a group known as the Forty-seven Ronin | |
| March 24, 1860 | Ii Naosuke, Tairō of the Tokugawa Shogunate | ||
| 27 October 1863 | Serizawa Kamo, chief of Shinsen-gumi | ||
| 12 August 1864 | Sakuma Shozan, politician | Kawakami Gensai, samurai | |
| 10 December 1867 | Sakamoto Ryōma, author | ||
| 7 December 1869 | Ōmura Masujirō, military leader and theorist | ||
| 15 February 1869 | Yokoi Shōnan, scholar and politician | ||
| 14 May 1878 | Okubo Toshimichi, Home Minister of Japan, briefly most powerful man in Japan | Shimada Ichirō | |
| 12 February 1889 | Mori Arinori, Education Minister | ||
| 28 September 1921 | Yasuda Zenjirō, entrepreneur and founder of the Yasuda zaibatsu, great-grand father of Yoko Ono | Asahi Heigo | |
| 4 November 1921 | Hara Takashi, Prime Minister of Japan | Nakaoka Kon'ichi, a right-wing railroad switchman | |
| 26 August 1931 | Osachi Hamaguchi, Prime Minister of Japan | Tomeo Sagoya, a member of the Aikoku-sha ultranationalist secret society | |
| 9 February 1932 | Junnosuke Inoue, businessman | Sho Onuma | Part of the League of Blood Incident |
| 5 March 1932 | Dan Takuma, zaibatsu leader | Goro Hishinuma, right-wing nationalist | Part of the League of Blood Incident |
| 15 May 1932 | Inukai Tsuyoshi, Prime Minister of Japan | Killed by naval officers in the May 15 Incident | |
| 26 May 1932 | Yoshinori Shirakawa, general of the Imperial Japanese Army | Yun Bong-gil, Korean independence activist | |
| 12 August 1935 | Tetsuzan Nagata, general of the Imperial Japanese Army | Saburo Aizawa, army officer | |
| 26 February 1936 | Saitō Makoto, admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy, former prime minister of Japan | Imperial Way Faction | Killed in the February 26 Incident. |
| Takahashi Korekiyo, former prime minister of Japan | |||
| Jōtarō Watanabe, Inspector General of Military Training | |||
| 12 October 1960 | Inejiro Asanuma, Socialist Party of Japan chairman | Otoya Yamaguchi | While Asanuma spoke from the lectern at Tokyo's Hibiya Hall during a televised debate, Yamaguchi rushed onstage and ran his wakizashi (a type of traditional Japanese sword) through Asanuma's abdomen, killing him. |
| 18 June 1985 | Kazuo Nagano, fraudster | Masakazu Yano and Atsuo Iida | |
| 5 November 1989 | Tsutsumi Sakamoto, anti-cult lawyer | Aum Shinrikyo members | Killed alongside his wife and infant son for his anti-Aum efforts. Aum members Hideo Murai, Tomomasa Nakagawa, Kazuaki Okazaki, and Satoro Hashimoto were charged with the murders. |
| 12 July 1991 | Hitoshi Igarashi, translated The Satanic Verses into Japanese | ||
| 23 April 1995 | Hideo Murai, leading member of Aum Shinrikyo | Hiroyuki Jo, member of the Yamaguchi-gumi | Stabbed to death in Tokyo. Jo had claimed he had been ordered him to kill any Aum Shinrikyo leaders that he could. It is believed that this was done out of fear of the yakuza's connections to the cult being made public. |
| 25 October 2002 | Kōki Ishii, Member of the House of Representatives | Ito Hakusui, member of the Yamaguchi-gumi | |
| 18 April 2007 | Iccho Itoh, Mayor of Nagasaki | Tetsuya Shiroo, member of the Yamaguchi-gumi | |
| 8 July 2022 | Shinzo Abe, Member of the House of Representatives and former prime minister of Japan | Tetsuya Yamagami | Shot in the chest and neck during a campaign speech in Nara by an improvised firearm. |
· Jordan
1200 BC
1200 BC
Date
1200 BC
Victim(s)
Eglon, Moabite king
Assassin(s)
Ehud
Notes
Stabbed to death in his throne room (Judges 3:12-30).
17 July 1951
17 July 1951
Date
17 July 1951
Victim(s)
Riad Al Solh, former prime minister of Lebanon
Notes
Shot at Amman Airport during visit to Jordan by members of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party.
20 July 1951
20 July 1951
Date
20 July 1951
Victim(s)
Abdullah I, King of Jordan
Assassin(s)
Mustafa Ashi, a Palestinian from the al-Husayni family
Notes
Shot when entering the Al Aqsa Mosque.
29 August 1960
29 August 1960
Date
29 August 1960
Victim(s)
Hazza al-Majali, Prime Minister of Jordan
Notes
Killed with 10 others by time bomb in office
28 October 2002
28 October 2002
Date
28 October 2002
Victim(s)
Laurence Foley, USAID official
Notes
Killed by Al-Qaeda operatives
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 1200 BC | Eglon, Moabite king | Ehud | Stabbed to death in his throne room (Judges 3:12-30). |
| 17 July 1951 | Riad Al Solh, former prime minister of Lebanon | Shot at Amman Airport during visit to Jordan by members of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party. | |
| 20 July 1951 | Abdullah I, King of Jordan | Mustafa Ashi, a Palestinian from the al-Husayni family | Shot when entering the Al Aqsa Mosque. |
| 29 August 1960 | Hazza al-Majali, Prime Minister of Jordan | Killed with 10 others by time bomb in office | |
| 28 October 2002 | Laurence Foley, USAID official | Killed by Al-Qaeda operatives |
· Kazakhstan
11 February 2006
11 February 2006
Date
11 February 2006
Victim(s)
Altynbek Sarsenbayuly, former government minister turned opposition leader and critic of President Nursultan Nazarbayev
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 11 February 2006 | Altynbek Sarsenbayuly, former government minister turned opposition leader and critic of President Nursultan Nazarbayev |
· Korea
19 July 1947
19 July 1947
Date
19 July 1947
Victim(s)
Lyuh Woon-hyung, former head of People's Republic of Korea
Assassin(s)
Han Chigeun, a refugee from North Korea
26 June 1949
26 June 1949
Date
26 June 1949
Victim(s)
Kim Gu, former president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
Assassin(s)
Ahn Doo-hee, a South Korean lieutenant
15 August 1974
15 August 1974
Date
15 August 1974
Victim(s)
Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea
Assassin(s)
Mun Se-gwang
Notes
Shot by a North Korean sympathizer during an assassination attempt on her husband, President Park Chung-hee
26 October 1979
26 October 1979
Date
26 October 1979
Victim(s)
Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea
Assassin(s)
Kim Jae-kyu, Director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency
Notes
See Assassination of Park Chung-hee.
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 8 October 1895 | Queen Min, the first official wife of King Gojong, the 26th king of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. | Japanese agents under Miura Goro, with the aid of the "Hullyeondae", a Japanese trained Regiment of the Royal Guards. | See the Assassination of Empress Myeonseong |
| 19 July 1947 | Lyuh Woon-hyung, former head of People's Republic of Korea | Han Chigeun, a refugee from North Korea | |
| 26 June 1949 | Kim Gu, former president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea | Ahn Doo-hee, a South Korean lieutenant | |
| 15 August 1974 | Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea | Mun Se-gwang | Shot by a North Korean sympathizer during an assassination attempt on her husband, President Park Chung-hee |
| 26 October 1979 | Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea | Kim Jae-kyu, Director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency | See Assassination of Park Chung-hee. |
· Kuwait
30 March 1971
30 March 1971
Date
30 March 1971
Victim(s)
Hardan al-Tikriti, former Iraqi defense minister and vice president
Notes
Killed on the orders of Saddam Hussein
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 30 March 1971 | Hardan al-Tikriti, former Iraqi defense minister and vice president | Killed on the orders of Saddam Hussein |
· Kyrgyzstan
4 December 1980
4 December 1980
Date
4 December 1980
Victim(s)
Sultan Ibraimov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kirghiz SSR
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 4 December 1980 | Sultan Ibraimov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kirghiz SSR |
· Laos
1 April 1963
1 April 1963
Date
1 April 1963
Victim(s)
Quinim Pholsena, foreign minister of Laos
Assassin(s)
Chy Kong, a soldier assigned to guard Pholsena's villa
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 1 April 1963 | Quinim Pholsena, foreign minister of Laos | Chy Kong, a soldier assigned to guard Pholsena's villa |
· Malaysia
10 December 1949
10 December 1949
Date
10 December 1949
Victim(s)
Duncan Stewart, Second Governor of Sarawak, a British Crown Colony (1946–1963)
Assassin(s)
Rukun 13 members Rosli Dhobie, Morshidi Sidek, Awang Ramli Mohd Deli, and Bujang Suntong
Notes
Stabbed to death during his arrival at Sibu
6 October 1951
6 October 1951
Date
6 October 1951
Victim(s)
Henry Gurney, British High Commissioner in Malaya (1948–1951)
Notes
Shot to death by a guerilla unit from the Malayan Communist Party at Fraser's Hill during the Malayan Emergency
7 June 1974
7 June 1974
Date
7 June 1974
Victim(s)
Abdul Rahman Hashim, Inspector-General of Police
Assassin(s)
Malayan Communist Party operative
Notes
Shot dead by a communist subversive at Mountbatten Road (now Jalan Tun Perak) and Weld Road (now Jalan Raja Chulan), Kuala Lumpur.
18 October 2006
18 October 2006
Date
18 October 2006
Victim(s)
Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa, Mongolian national allegedly connected to future Prime Minister Najib Razak and his inner circle
Notes
Murdered by C-4 explosives or was killed first and her remains destroyed with C-4 in a deserted area in Shah Alam, near Kuala Lumpur.
11 January 2008
11 January 2008
Date
11 January 2008
Victim(s)
S. Krishnasamy, state assemblyman for the Tenggaroh constituency
29 July 2013
29 July 2013
Date
29 July 2013
Victim(s)
Hussain Najadi, banker and founder of AmBank
Notes
Shot twice at close range by an unidentified assailant
13 February 2017
13 February 2017
Date
13 February 2017
Victim(s)
Kim Jong-nam, older brother of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un
Notes
Poisoned with VX nerve agent by two women at Kuala Lumpur International Airport
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 2 November 1875 | James Wheeler Woodford Birch, British Resident Minister in the State of Perak | Speared to death by followers of Malay chief Lela Pandak Lam, while in the bath-house of his boat at Pasir Salak | |
| 10 December 1949 | Duncan Stewart, Second Governor of Sarawak, a British Crown Colony (1946–1963) | Rukun 13 members Rosli Dhobie, Morshidi Sidek, Awang Ramli Mohd Deli, and Bujang Suntong | Stabbed to death during his arrival at Sibu |
| 6 October 1951 | Henry Gurney, British High Commissioner in Malaya (1948–1951) | Shot to death by a guerilla unit from the Malayan Communist Party at Fraser's Hill during the Malayan Emergency | |
| 7 June 1974 | Abdul Rahman Hashim, Inspector-General of Police | Malayan Communist Party operative | Shot dead by a communist subversive at Mountbatten Road (now Jalan Tun Perak) and Weld Road (now Jalan Raja Chulan), Kuala Lumpur. |
| 18 October 2006 | Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa, Mongolian national allegedly connected to future Prime Minister Najib Razak and his inner circle | Murdered by C-4 explosives or was killed first and her remains destroyed with C-4 in a deserted area in Shah Alam, near Kuala Lumpur. | |
| 11 January 2008 | S. Krishnasamy, state assemblyman for the Tenggaroh constituency | ||
| 29 July 2013 | Hussain Najadi, banker and founder of AmBank | Shot twice at close range by an unidentified assailant | |
| 13 February 2017 | Kim Jong-nam, older brother of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un | Poisoned with VX nerve agent by two women at Kuala Lumpur International Airport |
· Maldives
2 October 2012
2 October 2012
Date
2 October 2012
Victim(s)
Afrasheem Ali, legislator and Islamic scholar
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 2 October 2012 | Afrasheem Ali, legislator and Islamic scholar |
· Mongolia
2 October 1998
2 October 1998
Date
2 October 1998
Victim(s)
Sanjaasürengiin Zorig, politician and democratic activist
Notes
Stabbed to death in his apartment
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 2 October 1998 | Sanjaasürengiin Zorig, politician and democratic activist | Stabbed to death in his apartment |
· Myanmar (Burma)
c. 1168
c. 1168
Date
c. 1168
Victim(s)
Alaungsithu, King of Pagan Kingdom
Assassin(s)
Narathu, his son
2 August 1866
2 August 1866
Date
2 August 1866
Victim(s)
Crown Prince Ka Naung, son of King Tharrawaddy and younger brother of King Mindon
Notes
assassinated during a coup attempt
19 July 1947
19 July 1947
Date
19 July 1947
Victim(s)
Aung San, nationalist leader, Prime Minister of Burma and founder of Thirty Comrades
Assassin(s)
U Saw (ringleader), former prime minister of British Burma
Notes
Shot during a cabinet meeting along with several other ministers
19 July 1947
19 July 1947
Date
19 July 1947
Victim(s)
Thakin Mya, Minister of Finance
Assassin(s)
〃
Notes
〃
19 July 1947
19 July 1947
Date
19 July 1947
Victim(s)
Ba Cho, Minister of Information
Assassin(s)
〃
Notes
〃
19 July 1947
19 July 1947
Date
19 July 1947
Victim(s)
U Razak, Minister of Education
Assassin(s)
〃
Notes
〃
19 July 1947
19 July 1947
Date
19 July 1947
Victim(s)
Mahn Ba Khaing, Minister of Industry
Assassin(s)
〃
Notes
〃
19 July 1947
19 July 1947
Date
19 July 1947
Victim(s)
Sao San Htun, Minister of Hill Regions
Assassin(s)
〃
Notes
〃
19 July 1947
19 July 1947
Date
19 July 1947
Victim(s)
Ohn Maung, Deputy Minister of Transport
Assassin(s)
〃
Notes
〃
19 July 1947
19 July 1947
Date
19 July 1947
Victim(s)
U Ba Win, Minister of Trade
Assassin(s)
〃
Notes
〃
9 October 1983
9 October 1983
Date
9 October 1983
Victim(s)
Lee Beom-seok, Foreign Minister of South Korea
Assassin(s)
North Korean agents
Notes
Killed in the Rangoon bombing
9 October 1983
9 October 1983
Date
9 October 1983
Victim(s)
Suh Sang-chul, Minister of Power Resources of South Korea
Assassin(s)
North Korean agents
Notes
Killed in the Rangoon bombing
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| c. 1168 | Alaungsithu, King of Pagan Kingdom | Narathu, his son | |
| 1550 | Tabinshwehti, King of Taungoo Dynasty | Assassinated by Mon revival | |
| 1628 | Anaukpetlun, King of Nyaungyan Dynasty | ||
| 2 August 1866 | Crown Prince Ka Naung, son of King Tharrawaddy and younger brother of King Mindon | assassinated during a coup attempt | |
| 19 July 1947 | Aung San, nationalist leader, Prime Minister of Burma and founder of Thirty Comrades | U Saw (ringleader), former prime minister of British Burma | Shot during a cabinet meeting along with several other ministers |
| 19 July 1947 | Thakin Mya, Minister of Finance | 〃 | 〃 |
| 19 July 1947 | Ba Cho, Minister of Information | 〃 | 〃 |
| 19 July 1947 | U Razak, Minister of Education | 〃 | 〃 |
| 19 July 1947 | Mahn Ba Khaing, Minister of Industry | 〃 | 〃 |
| 19 July 1947 | Sao San Htun, Minister of Hill Regions | 〃 | 〃 |
| 19 July 1947 | Ohn Maung, Deputy Minister of Transport | 〃 | 〃 |
| 19 July 1947 | U Ba Win, Minister of Trade | 〃 | 〃 |
| 9 October 1983 | Lee Beom-seok, Foreign Minister of South Korea | North Korean agents | Killed in the Rangoon bombing |
| 9 October 1983 | Suh Sang-chul, Minister of Power Resources of South Korea | North Korean agents | Killed in the Rangoon bombing |
· Nepal
25 April 1806
25 April 1806
Date
25 April 1806
Victim(s)
Rana Bahadur Shah, former king of Nepal
Assassin(s)
Sher Bahadur Shah
Notes
Killed by his half brother
17 May 1845
17 May 1845
Date
17 May 1845
Victim(s)
Mathabarsingh Thapa, Prime Minister of Nepal
Assassin(s)
Jung Bahadur Rana
14 September 1846
14 September 1846
Date
14 September 1846
Victim(s)
Fateh Jung Shah, Prime Minister of Nepal
Assassin(s)
Jung Bahadur Rana
Notes
Killed in the Kot Massacre
22 November 1885
22 November 1885
Date
22 November 1885
Victim(s)
Ranodip Singh Kunwar, Prime Minister of Nepal
Assassin(s)
Khadga Shumsher, Bhim Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, and Dambar Shumsher
Notes
Killed by his nephews in a coup
1 June 2001
1 June 2001
Date
1 June 2001
Victim(s)
Birendra, King of Nepal, along with Queen Aishwarya and 9 other members of the royal family
Assassin(s)
Alleged to be Crown Prince Dipendra, but not confirmed.
Notes
See Nepalese royal massacre.
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 25 April 1806 | Rana Bahadur Shah, former king of Nepal | Sher Bahadur Shah | Killed by his half brother |
| 17 May 1845 | Mathabarsingh Thapa, Prime Minister of Nepal | Jung Bahadur Rana | |
| 14 September 1846 | Fateh Jung Shah, Prime Minister of Nepal | Jung Bahadur Rana | Killed in the Kot Massacre |
| 22 November 1885 | Ranodip Singh Kunwar, Prime Minister of Nepal | Khadga Shumsher, Bhim Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, and Dambar Shumsher | Killed by his nephews in a coup |
| 1 June 2001 | Birendra, King of Nepal, along with Queen Aishwarya and 9 other members of the royal family | Alleged to be Crown Prince Dipendra, but not confirmed. | See Nepalese royal massacre. |
· Pakistan
16 October 1951
16 October 1951
Date
16 October 1951
Victim(s)
Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan
Assassin(s)
Said Akbar Babrak
Notes
Shot during a political gathering in Rawalpindi
February 1960
February 1960
Date
February 1960
Victim(s)
Esther John, Christian nurse
Notes
Found murdered in her bed.
8 February 1975
8 February 1975
Date
8 February 1975
Victim(s)
Hayat Sherpao, former Governor of the North-West Frontier Province
Notes
Killed by an Afghan Marxist
17 August 1988
17 August 1988
Date
17 August 1988
Victim(s)
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, President of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army
Notes
Killed in a suspicious aircraft accident possibly caused by a bomb blast (Disputed by various theories). See Death and state funeral of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
24 November 1989
24 November 1989
Date
24 November 1989
Victim(s)
Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Palestinian Islamic theologian, supporter of the Afghan mujahideen and proponent of militant jihadism
Notes
Killed by a car bomb in Peshawar by operatives believed to be working for KhAD or Hekmatyar
3 October 1991
3 October 1991
Date
3 October 1991
Victim(s)
Fazle Haq, former governor of the North-West Frontier Province
September 1993
September 1993
Date
September 1993
Victim(s)
Ghulam Haider Wyne, former Chief Minister of Punjab Province
16 April 1995
16 April 1995
Date
16 April 1995
Victim(s)
Iqbal Masih, 13-year-old anti-child labor activist
Notes
Killed for his campaign against abusive child labour
20 September 1996
20 September 1996
Date
20 September 1996
Victim(s)
Murtaza Bhutto, politician, leader of Al-Zulfiqar and estranged brother of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto
Notes
Killed during an encounter with police in Karachi. Suspected to have been killed in extrajudicial fashion.
17 October 1998
17 October 1998
Date
17 October 1998
Victim(s)
Hakim Said, founder of Hamdard Foundation and Hamdard University and former governor of Sindh
28 July 2001
28 July 2001
Date
28 July 2001
Victim(s)
Siddiq Khan Kanju, former Foreign Minister of Pakistan
27 December 2007
27 December 2007
Date
27 December 2007
Victim(s)
Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan
Assassin(s)
Unknown, widely believed to be Islamist militants, possibly Al-Qaeda
Notes
Killed by a suicide bomber while leaving a political rally for the Pakistan Peoples Party at the same location where Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated in Rawalpindi. See Assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
5 August 2009
5 August 2009
Date
5 August 2009
Victim(s)
Baitullah Mehsud, Islamist militant and leader of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Notes
Killed by a U.S. drone strike
4 January 2011
4 January 2011
Date
4 January 2011
Victim(s)
Salman Taseer, Governor of Punjab
Assassin(s)
Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri
Notes
Killed by one of his security guards due to Taseer's opposition to Pakistan's blasphemy laws
2 March 2011
2 March 2011
Date
2 March 2011
Victim(s)
Shahbaz Bhatti, Minorities Minister
Assassin(s)
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Notes
Killed due to his opposition to Pakistan's blasphemy laws
2 May 2011
2 May 2011
Date
2 May 2011
Victim(s)
Osama bin Laden, leader of Al-Qaeda
Assassin(s)
United States Navy SEALs
Notes
Killed in a raid at his clandestine hideout in Abbottabad. See Killing of Osama bin Laden
4 June 2012
4 June 2012
Date
4 June 2012
Victim(s)
Abu Yahya al-Libi, high-ranking Al-Qaeda official
Notes
Killed by a U.S. drone strike
16 August 2015
16 August 2015
Date
16 August 2015
Victim(s)
Shuja Khanzada, Home Minister of Punjab
Notes
Killed in the 2015 Attock bombing
1 February 2018
1 February 2018
Date
1 February 2018
Victim(s)
Hazar Khan Bijarani, member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh and former member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
2 November 2018
2 November 2018
Date
2 November 2018
Victim(s)
Maulana Sami ul Haq, religious scholar, former Senator and leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S)
14 October 2022
14 October 2022
Date
14 October 2022
Victim(s)
Muhammad Noor Meskanzai, Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 16 October 1951 | Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan | Said Akbar Babrak | Shot during a political gathering in Rawalpindi |
| February 1960 | Esther John, Christian nurse | Found murdered in her bed. | |
| 8 February 1975 | Hayat Sherpao, former Governor of the North-West Frontier Province | Killed by an Afghan Marxist | |
| 17 August 1988 | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, President of Pakistan and Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army | Killed in a suspicious aircraft accident possibly caused by a bomb blast (Disputed by various theories). See Death and state funeral of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq | |
| 24 November 1989 | Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Palestinian Islamic theologian, supporter of the Afghan mujahideen and proponent of militant jihadism | Killed by a car bomb in Peshawar by operatives believed to be working for KhAD or Hekmatyar | |
| 3 October 1991 | Fazle Haq, former governor of the North-West Frontier Province | ||
| September 1993 | Ghulam Haider Wyne, former Chief Minister of Punjab Province | ||
| 16 April 1995 | Iqbal Masih, 13-year-old anti-child labor activist | Killed for his campaign against abusive child labour | |
| 20 September 1996 | Murtaza Bhutto, politician, leader of Al-Zulfiqar and estranged brother of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto | Killed during an encounter with police in Karachi. Suspected to have been killed in extrajudicial fashion. | |
| 17 October 1998 | Hakim Said, founder of Hamdard Foundation and Hamdard University and former governor of Sindh | ||
| 28 July 2001 | Siddiq Khan Kanju, former Foreign Minister of Pakistan | ||
| 27 December 2007 | Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan | Unknown, widely believed to be Islamist militants, possibly Al-Qaeda | Killed by a suicide bomber while leaving a political rally for the Pakistan Peoples Party at the same location where Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated in Rawalpindi. See Assassination of Benazir Bhutto. |
| 5 August 2009 | Baitullah Mehsud, Islamist militant and leader of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan | Killed by a U.S. drone strike | |
| 4 January 2011 | Salman Taseer, Governor of Punjab | Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri | Killed by one of his security guards due to Taseer's opposition to Pakistan's blasphemy laws |
| 2 March 2011 | Shahbaz Bhatti, Minorities Minister | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan | Killed due to his opposition to Pakistan's blasphemy laws |
| 2 May 2011 | Osama bin Laden, leader of Al-Qaeda | United States Navy SEALs | Killed in a raid at his clandestine hideout in Abbottabad. See Killing of Osama bin Laden |
| 4 June 2012 | Abu Yahya al-Libi, high-ranking Al-Qaeda official | Killed by a U.S. drone strike | |
| 16 August 2015 | Shuja Khanzada, Home Minister of Punjab | Killed in the 2015 Attock bombing | |
| 1 February 2018 | Hazar Khan Bijarani, member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh and former member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | ||
| 2 November 2018 | Maulana Sami ul Haq, religious scholar, former Senator and leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S) | ||
| 14 October 2022 | Muhammad Noor Meskanzai, Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court |
· Palestine
1986
1986
Date
1986
Victim(s)
Zafer al-Masri, Mayor of Nablus
1996
1996
Date
1996
Victim(s)
Yahya Ayyash, Hamas' explosives expert
2001
2001
Date
2001
Victim(s)
Abu Ali Mustafa, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
2002
2002
Date
2002
Victim(s)
Salah Shahade, leader of Hamas' military wing
2003
2003
Date
2003
Victim(s)
Ibrahim al-Makadmeh, co-founder of Hamas
2003
2003
Date
2003
Victim(s)
Mekled Hameid, Islamic Jihad Movement commander
22 March 2004
22 March 2004
Date
22 March 2004
Victim(s)
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, leader and founder of Hamas
17 April 2004
17 April 2004
Date
17 April 2004
Victim(s)
Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, leader of Hamas
26 September 2004
26 September 2004
Date
26 September 2004
Victim(s)
Izz El-Deen Sheikh Khalil, Hamas operative
21 October 2004
21 October 2004
Date
21 October 2004
Victim(s)
Adnan al-Ghoul, Hamas' explosives expert
1 January 2009
1 January 2009
Date
1 January 2009
Victim(s)
Nizar Rayan, Senior Hamas leader
15 January 2009
15 January 2009
Date
15 January 2009
Victim(s)
Said Seyam, Senior Hamas leader
2009
2009
Date
2009
Victim(s)
Abu Zakaria al-Jamal, Senior Hamas military commander
11 May 2022
11 May 2022
Date
11 May 2022
Victim(s)
Shireen Abu Akleh, journalist
Assassin(s)
Israeli Defense Force
Notes
Was shot while covering a raid on the Jenin Refugee Camp in the West Bank by the IDF and was later determined to have been killed by Israeli fire.
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 1986 | Zafer al-Masri, Mayor of Nablus | ||
| 1996 | Yahya Ayyash, Hamas' explosives expert | ||
| 2001 | Abu Ali Mustafa, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine | ||
| 2002 | Salah Shahade, leader of Hamas' military wing | ||
| 2003 | Ibrahim al-Makadmeh, co-founder of Hamas | ||
| 2003 | Mekled Hameid, Islamic Jihad Movement commander | ||
| 22 March 2004 | Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, leader and founder of Hamas | ||
| 17 April 2004 | Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, leader of Hamas | ||
| 26 September 2004 | Izz El-Deen Sheikh Khalil, Hamas operative | ||
| 21 October 2004 | Adnan al-Ghoul, Hamas' explosives expert | ||
| 1 January 2009 | Nizar Rayan, Senior Hamas leader | ||
| 15 January 2009 | Said Seyam, Senior Hamas leader | ||
| 2009 | Abu Zakaria al-Jamal, Senior Hamas military commander | ||
| 11 May 2022 | Shireen Abu Akleh, journalist | Israeli Defense Force | Was shot while covering a raid on the Jenin Refugee Camp in the West Bank by the IDF and was later determined to have been killed by Israeli fire. |
· Qatar
2004
2004
Date
2004
Victim(s)
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, former president of separatist Chechnya
Notes
Killed by a car bomb in Doha. See Assassination of Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 2004 | Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, former president of separatist Chechnya | Killed by a car bomb in Doha. See Assassination of Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev |
· Saudi Arabia
November 644
November 644
Date
November 644
Victim(s)
Umar ibn al-Khattab
Assassin(s)
Abu Lu'lu'a
Notes
Stabbed by Persian slave Abu Lu’lu’a (Firuz Nahavandi) while leading congressional prayers in Makkah
25 March 1975
25 March 1975
Date
25 March 1975
Victim(s)
Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia
Assassin(s)
Prince Faisal bin Musa'id
Notes
Shot by nephew at palace.
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| November 644 | Umar ibn al-Khattab | Abu Lu'lu'a | Stabbed by Persian slave Abu Lu’lu’a (Firuz Nahavandi) while leading congressional prayers in Makkah |
| 25 March 1975 | Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia | Prince Faisal bin Musa'id | Shot by nephew at palace. |
· Sri Lanka
25 September 1959
25 September 1959
Date
25 September 1959
Victim(s)
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon
Assassin(s)
Talduwe Somarama, a Buddhist monk who later converted to Christianity
Notes
See Assassination of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
27 July 1975
27 July 1975
Date
27 July 1975
Victim(s)
Alfred Duraiappah, Mayor of Jaffna
Assassin(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
15 December 1986
15 December 1986
Date
15 December 1986
Victim(s)
Daya Pathirana, leader of the Independent Students Union of the University of Colombo
Assassin(s)
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)
Notes
See Assassination of Daya Pathirana
16 February 1989
16 February 1989
Date
16 February 1989
Victim(s)
Vijaya Kumaratunga, movie actor and founder of the Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya
Assassin(s)
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)
Notes
See Assassination of Vijaya Kumaratunga
13 November 1989
13 November 1989
Date
13 November 1989
Victim(s)
Rohana Wijeweera, founder and leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
Assassin(s)
Sri Lankan Armed Forces
13 July 1989
13 July 1989
Date
13 July 1989
Victim(s)
A. Amirthalingam, Tamil separatist and leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front
Assassin(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
2 March 1991
2 March 1991
Date
2 March 1991
Victim(s)
Ranjan Wijeratne, Foreign Minister & Minister of State for Defence
Assassin(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
23 April 1993
23 April 1993
Date
23 April 1993
Victim(s)
Lalith Athulathmudali, former cabinet minister
Assassin(s)
Janaka Priyankara JayamanneLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) (allegedly)
Notes
The investigations carried out by the Sri Lanka Police and the Scotland Yard concluded that the assassination was carried out by the LTTE. However the findings were widely disputed, and a new presidential commission appointed to investigate the assassination by President Chandrika Kumaratunga reported former President Ranasinghe Premadasa and close security personnel as directly responsible for the assassination. The assassination remains highly controversial. See Assassination of Lalith Athulathmudali
1 May 1993
1 May 1993
Date
1 May 1993
Victim(s)
Ranasinghe Premadasa, President of Sri Lanka
Assassin(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
Notes
Killed by a suicide bomber on May Day parade. The attack was purportedly carried out by the LTTE. See Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa
24 October 1994
24 October 1994
Date
24 October 1994
Victim(s)
Gamini Dissanayake, presidential candidate and United National Party MP
Assassin(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
17 May 1998
17 May 1998
Date
17 May 1998
Victim(s)
Sarojini Yogeswaran, Mayor of Jaffna
Assassin(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
11 September 1998
11 September 1998
Date
11 September 1998
Victim(s)
Pon Sivapalan, Mayor of Jaffna
Assassin(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
29 July 1999
29 July 1999
Date
29 July 1999
Victim(s)
Neelan Tiruchelvam, Tamil United Liberation Front MP
Assassin(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
18 December 1999
18 December 1999
Date
18 December 1999
Victim(s)
Lakshman Algama, former Chief of Staff of the Army and United National Party politician
Assassin(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
8 June 2000
8 June 2000
Date
8 June 2000
Victim(s)
C. V. Gunaratne, Minister of Industrial Development
Assassin(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
25 December 2005
25 December 2005
Date
25 December 2005
Victim(s)
Joseph Pararajasingham, Tamil National Alliance MP
Assassin(s)
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP)
12 August 2005
12 August 2005
Date
12 August 2005
Victim(s)
Lakshman Kadirgamar, Foreign Minister
Assassin(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
26 June 2006
26 June 2006
Date
26 June 2006
Victim(s)
Parami Kulatunga, army general
Assassin(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
10 November 2006
10 November 2006
Date
10 November 2006
Victim(s)
Nadarajah Raviraj, Tamil National Alliance MP
Assassin(s)
Pro-government paramilitary groups (allegedly)
1 January 2008
1 January 2008
Date
1 January 2008
Victim(s)
T. Maheswaran, United National Party MP
Assassin(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
Notes
Killed by the LTTE in retaliation for having talks with President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
8 January 2008
8 January 2008
Date
8 January 2008
Victim(s)
D. M. Dassanayake, Nation Building Minister and Sri Lanka Freedom Party MP
Assassin(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
6 March 2008
6 March 2008
Date
6 March 2008
Victim(s)
K. Sivanesan, Tamil National Alliance MP
Assassin(s)
Deep Penetration Unit of the Sri Lankan Army
6 April 2008
6 April 2008
Date
6 April 2008
Victim(s)
Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, Minister of Highways and Road Development and Sri Lanka Freedom Party MP
Assassin(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
8 January 2009
8 January 2009
Date
8 January 2009
Victim(s)
Lasantha Wickrematunge, editor of The Sunday Leader
Notes
A vocal critic of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the then-incumbent defence secretary. Many blamed the government for his assassination. See Assassination of Lasantha Wickrematunge
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 25 September 1959 | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon | Talduwe Somarama, a Buddhist monk who later converted to Christianity | See Assassination of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike |
| 27 July 1975 | Alfred Duraiappah, Mayor of Jaffna | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) | |
| 15 December 1986 | Daya Pathirana, leader of the Independent Students Union of the University of Colombo | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) | See Assassination of Daya Pathirana |
| 16 February 1989 | Vijaya Kumaratunga, movie actor and founder of the Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) | See Assassination of Vijaya Kumaratunga |
| 13 November 1989 | Rohana Wijeweera, founder and leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | Sri Lankan Armed Forces | |
| 13 July 1989 | A. Amirthalingam, Tamil separatist and leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) | |
| 2 March 1991 | Ranjan Wijeratne, Foreign Minister & Minister of State for Defence | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) | |
| 23 April 1993 | Lalith Athulathmudali, former cabinet minister | Janaka Priyankara JayamanneLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) (allegedly) | The investigations carried out by the Sri Lanka Police and the Scotland Yard concluded that the assassination was carried out by the LTTE. However the findings were widely disputed, and a new presidential commission appointed to investigate the assassination by President Chandrika Kumaratunga reported former President Ranasinghe Premadasa and close security personnel as directly responsible for the assassination. The assassination remains highly controversial. See Assassination of Lalith Athulathmudali |
| 1 May 1993 | Ranasinghe Premadasa, President of Sri Lanka | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) | Killed by a suicide bomber on May Day parade. The attack was purportedly carried out by the LTTE. See Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa |
| 24 October 1994 | Gamini Dissanayake, presidential candidate and United National Party MP | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) | |
| 17 May 1998 | Sarojini Yogeswaran, Mayor of Jaffna | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) | |
| 11 September 1998 | Pon Sivapalan, Mayor of Jaffna | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) | |
| 29 July 1999 | Neelan Tiruchelvam, Tamil United Liberation Front MP | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) | |
| 18 December 1999 | Lakshman Algama, former Chief of Staff of the Army and United National Party politician | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) | |
| 8 June 2000 | C. V. Gunaratne, Minister of Industrial Development | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) | |
| 25 December 2005 | Joseph Pararajasingham, Tamil National Alliance MP | Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) | |
| 12 August 2005 | Lakshman Kadirgamar, Foreign Minister | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) | |
| 26 June 2006 | Parami Kulatunga, army general | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) | |
| 10 November 2006 | Nadarajah Raviraj, Tamil National Alliance MP | Pro-government paramilitary groups (allegedly) | |
| 1 January 2008 | T. Maheswaran, United National Party MP | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) | Killed by the LTTE in retaliation for having talks with President Mahinda Rajapaksa. |
| 8 January 2008 | D. M. Dassanayake, Nation Building Minister and Sri Lanka Freedom Party MP | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) | |
| 6 March 2008 | K. Sivanesan, Tamil National Alliance MP | Deep Penetration Unit of the Sri Lankan Army | |
| 6 April 2008 | Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, Minister of Highways and Road Development and Sri Lanka Freedom Party MP | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) | |
| 8 January 2009 | Lasantha Wickrematunge, editor of The Sunday Leader | A vocal critic of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the then-incumbent defence secretary. Many blamed the government for his assassination. See Assassination of Lasantha Wickrematunge |
· Syria
246 BC
246 BC
Date
246 BC
Victim(s)
Antiochus II Theos, Seleucid king
223 BC
223 BC
Date
223 BC
Victim(s)
Seleucus III Ceraunus, Seleucid king
176 BC
176 BC
Date
176 BC
Victim(s)
Seleucus IV Philopator, Seleucid king
146 BC
146 BC
Date
146 BC
Victim(s)
Alexander Balas, Seleucid king
138 BC
138 BC
Date
138 BC
Victim(s)
Antiochus VI Dionysus, Seleucid heir to the throne
285
285
Date
285
Victim(s)
Numerian, Roman emperor
Assassin(s)
Arrius Aper, his father-in-law
Notes
Killed in Emesa (modern-day Homs)
1213
1213
Date
1213
Victim(s)
Raymond of Antioch, heir to the throne of Antioch and Tripoli
Assassin(s)
Order of Assassins
1940
1940
Date
1940
Victim(s)
Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar, Syrian Arab nationalist
1 August 2008
1 August 2008
Date
1 August 2008
Victim(s)
Muhammad Suleiman, security adviser to President Bashar al-Assad
12 February 2008
12 February 2008
Date
12 February 2008
Victim(s)
Imad Mughniyah, senior member of Hezbollah
18 July 2012
18 July 2012
Date
18 July 2012
Victim(s)
Dawoud Rajiha, Defense Minister
Assassin(s)
Either Liwa al Islam or the Free Syrian Army (both claimed responsibility)
Notes
Killed either with a remotely detonated bomb or via suicide attack as part of the Syrian civil war. Several other leading government officials may have been injured or killed.
Assef Shawkat, Deputy Defense Minister
Assef Shawkat, Deputy Defense Minister
Date
Assef Shawkat, Deputy Defense Minister
Hasan Turkmani, Chief of Staff of the Syrian Armed Forces
Hasan Turkmani, Chief of Staff of the Syrian Armed Forces
Date
Hasan Turkmani, Chief of Staff of the Syrian Armed Forces
Hisham Ikhtiyar, Intelligence and National Security Chief
Hisham Ikhtiyar, Intelligence and National Security Chief
Date
Hisham Ikhtiyar, Intelligence and National Security Chief
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 246 BC | Antiochus II Theos, Seleucid king | ||
| 223 BC | Seleucus III Ceraunus, Seleucid king | ||
| 176 BC | Seleucus IV Philopator, Seleucid king | ||
| 146 BC | Alexander Balas, Seleucid king | ||
| 138 BC | Antiochus VI Dionysus, Seleucid heir to the throne | ||
| 285 | Numerian, Roman emperor | Arrius Aper, his father-in-law | Killed in Emesa (modern-day Homs) |
| 1146 | Imad ad-Din Zengi, ruler of Aleppo and Mosul and founder of the Zengid dynasty | Yarankash | He was assassinated by a Frankish slave named Yarankash in September 1146, after the ruler drunkenly threatened him with punishment for drinking from his goblet. |
| 1213 | Raymond of Antioch, heir to the throne of Antioch and Tripoli | Order of Assassins | |
| 1940 | Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar, Syrian Arab nationalist | ||
| 1 August 2008 | Muhammad Suleiman, security adviser to President Bashar al-Assad | ||
| 12 February 2008 | Imad Mughniyah, senior member of Hezbollah | ||
| 18 July 2012 | Dawoud Rajiha, Defense Minister | Either Liwa al Islam or the Free Syrian Army (both claimed responsibility) | Killed either with a remotely detonated bomb or via suicide attack as part of the Syrian civil war. Several other leading government officials may have been injured or killed. |
| Assef Shawkat, Deputy Defense Minister | |||
| Hasan Turkmani, Chief of Staff of the Syrian Armed Forces | |||
| Hisham Ikhtiyar, Intelligence and National Security Chief |
· Thailand
c. 1548
c. 1548
Date
c. 1548
Victim(s)
Worawongsathirat, King of the Ayutthaya Kingdom
29 August 1961
29 August 1961
Date
29 August 1961
Victim(s)
Princess Lakshamilavan, King Vajiravudh's 2nd spouse
Assassin(s)
Sang HomjanVirat Kanjanaphai
8 August 1968
8 August 1968
Date
8 August 1968
Victim(s)
Suraphol Sombatcharoen, singer.
Notes
Assassinated at 00:02 am., August 8, 1968 at Nakhon Pathom province, in his concert tour time.
16 February 1977
16 February 1977
Date
16 February 1977
Victim(s)
Princess Vibhavadi Rangsit, Princess
Notes
Shot down by Communist insurgents in a helicopter crash whilst helping rural villagers in Surat Thani Province.
10 April 1991
10 April 1991
Date
10 April 1991
Victim(s)
Klaew Thanikhul, boxing promoter.
11 April 1996
11 April 1996
Date
11 April 1996
Victim(s)
Saengchai Sunthornwat, chairman of the public broadcaster MCOT
Assassin(s)
Ubol Bunyachalothorn
13 May 2010
13 May 2010
Date
13 May 2010
Victim(s)
Khattiya Sawasdipol, security chief of the Red Shirt Movement during the 2010 Thai political protests
Notes
Shot in the head by a sniper while giving an interview to a reporter for The New York Times at about 7 p.m.
7 January 2025
7 January 2025
Date
7 January 2025
Victim(s)
Lim Kimya, former member of parliament of Cambodia
Assassin(s)
Ekaluck Paenoi (suspected)
Notes
Shot twice in the chest after arriving in Bangkok on a bus from Cambodia.
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| c. 1548 | Worawongsathirat, King of the Ayutthaya Kingdom | ||
| 9 June 1946 | King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII), eighth monarch of Thailand under the House of Chakri | Mysteriously found dead in his bedroom with a gunshot wound to the head, whilst a M1911 pistol was found by his left hand (despite him being right-handed). | |
| 29 August 1961 | Princess Lakshamilavan, King Vajiravudh's 2nd spouse | Sang HomjanVirat Kanjanaphai | |
| 8 August 1968 | Suraphol Sombatcharoen, singer. | Assassinated at 00:02 am., August 8, 1968 at Nakhon Pathom province, in his concert tour time. | |
| 16 February 1977 | Princess Vibhavadi Rangsit, Princess | Shot down by Communist insurgents in a helicopter crash whilst helping rural villagers in Surat Thani Province. | |
| 10 April 1991 | Klaew Thanikhul, boxing promoter. | ||
| 11 April 1996 | Saengchai Sunthornwat, chairman of the public broadcaster MCOT | Ubol Bunyachalothorn | |
| 13 May 2010 | Khattiya Sawasdipol, security chief of the Red Shirt Movement during the 2010 Thai political protests | Shot in the head by a sniper while giving an interview to a reporter for The New York Times at about 7 p.m. | |
| 7 January 2025 | Lim Kimya, former member of parliament of Cambodia | Ekaluck Paenoi (suspected) | Shot twice in the chest after arriving in Bangkok on a bus from Cambodia. |
· United Arab Emirates
19 January 2010
19 January 2010
Date
19 January 2010
Victim(s)
Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a member of Hamas
Assassin(s)
Widely believed to be Mossad agents
Notes
Killed in his hotel room in Dubai. Exact cause of death unknown; possibilities include suffocation, strangulation, and electrocution. See Assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.
21 November 2024
21 November 2024
Date
21 November 2024
Victim(s)
Zvi Kogan, Israeli-Moldovan rabbi, and assistant to the Chief Rabbi of the UAE Levi Duchman.
Notes
Abducted from the kosher supermarket he managed in Dubai by three Uzbek nationals and a fourth accomplice of unknown nationality who had been tracking his movements. His body was subsequently discovered in Al Ain on 24 November along with abandoned car and phone. The three Uzbek nationals fled and were arrested in Turkey before being extradited. On 31 March 2025, the three Uzbeks were sentenced to death while the fourth accomplice was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment.
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 19 January 2010 | Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a member of Hamas | Widely believed to be Mossad agents | Killed in his hotel room in Dubai. Exact cause of death unknown; possibilities include suffocation, strangulation, and electrocution. See Assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. |
| 21 November 2024 | Zvi Kogan, Israeli-Moldovan rabbi, and assistant to the Chief Rabbi of the UAE Levi Duchman. | Abducted from the kosher supermarket he managed in Dubai by three Uzbek nationals and a fourth accomplice of unknown nationality who had been tracking his movements. His body was subsequently discovered in Al Ain on 24 November along with abandoned car and phone. The three Uzbek nationals fled and were arrested in Turkey before being extradited. On 31 March 2025, the three Uzbeks were sentenced to death while the fourth accomplice was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment. |
· Vietnam
2 November 1963
2 November 1963
Date
2 November 1963
Victim(s)
Ngo Dinh Nhu, politician
Notes
Killed along with his brother, Ngo Dinh Diem
2 November 1963
2 November 1963
Date
2 November 1963
Victim(s)
Ngo Dinh Diem, first president of South Vietnam
Assassin(s)
Generally believed to be Nguyen Van Nhung and Duong Hieu Nghia, on orders from Duong Van Minh
Notes
Part of the 1963 South Vietnamese coup. See Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem.
26 November 1978
26 November 1978
Date
26 November 1978
Victim(s)
Thanh Nga, actress
Assassin(s)
two kidnappers
Notes
Killed along with her husband, Pham Duy Lan, during a failed kidnap of their 5-year-old son in front of their house.
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 2 November 1963 | Ngo Dinh Nhu, politician | Killed along with his brother, Ngo Dinh Diem | |
| 2 November 1963 | Ngo Dinh Diem, first president of South Vietnam | Generally believed to be Nguyen Van Nhung and Duong Hieu Nghia, on orders from Duong Van Minh | Part of the 1963 South Vietnamese coup. See Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem. |
| 26 November 1978 | Thanh Nga, actress | two kidnappers | Killed along with her husband, Pham Duy Lan, during a failed kidnap of their 5-year-old son in front of their house. |
· Yemen
1948
1948
Date
1948
Victim(s)
Imam Yahya, King of Yemen
Notes
Killed in an ambush during the Alwaziri coup
1977
1977
Date
1977
Victim(s)
Ibrahim al-Hamadi, president of North Yemen
1978
1978
Date
1978
Victim(s)
Ahmad al-Ghashmi, president of North Yemen
Notes
Killed by bomb along with envoy from South Yemen.
1986
1986
Date
1986
Victim(s)
Abdul Fattah Ismail, former Head of State of South YemenAli Ahmad Nasir Antar, Vice President of South YemenSaleh Muslih Qassem, Defence Minister of South YemenAli Shayi' Hadi, senior official of the Yemeni Socialist Party
Assassin(s)
Bodyguards of President Ali Nasir Muhammad
Notes
Killed during an attempted coup that sparked the South Yemen Civil War
2002
2002
Date
2002
Victim(s)
Jarallah Omar, deputy secretary-general of Yemeni Socialist Party
2011
2011
Date
2011
Victim(s)
Anwar al-Aulaqi, spokesman and recruiter for al-Qaeda, leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Notes
Killed in a US drone strike
2013
2013
Date
2013
Victim(s)
Said Ali al-Shihri, deputy leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Notes
Killed in a US drone strike. Numerous earlier reports of his death had been previously proven wrong.
2017
2017
Date
2017
Victim(s)
Ali Abdullah Saleh, former President of Yemen
Notes
Killed shortly after withdrawing support for the Houthi movement
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 1948 | Imam Yahya, King of Yemen | Killed in an ambush during the Alwaziri coup | |
| 1977 | Ibrahim al-Hamadi, president of North Yemen | ||
| 1978 | Ahmad al-Ghashmi, president of North Yemen | Killed by bomb along with envoy from South Yemen. | |
| 1986 | Abdul Fattah Ismail, former Head of State of South YemenAli Ahmad Nasir Antar, Vice President of South YemenSaleh Muslih Qassem, Defence Minister of South YemenAli Shayi' Hadi, senior official of the Yemeni Socialist Party | Bodyguards of President Ali Nasir Muhammad | Killed during an attempted coup that sparked the South Yemen Civil War |
| 2002 | Jarallah Omar, deputy secretary-general of Yemeni Socialist Party | ||
| 2011 | Anwar al-Aulaqi, spokesman and recruiter for al-Qaeda, leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula | Killed in a US drone strike | |
| 2013 | Said Ali al-Shihri, deputy leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula | Killed in a US drone strike. Numerous earlier reports of his death had been previously proven wrong. | |
| 2017 | Ali Abdullah Saleh, former President of Yemen | Killed shortly after withdrawing support for the Houthi movement |
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