Major assassinations of the 21st Century

Name these prominent figures who were assassinated at some point during the 21st century.
only includes those who died as a result of their assassination attempt
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Year
City of Death
Description
Answer
Assassin
2001
Kinsasha
President of the DRC
Laurent Kabila
Rashidi Mizele
2001
Kathmandu
King of Nepal
Birenda of Nepal
Crown prince Dipendra
2002
Hilversum
Dutch Politician
Pim Fortuyn
Volkert van der Graaf
2005
Beirut
Prime Minister of Lebanon
Rafic Hariri
Salim Ayyash
2003
Belgrade
Prime Minister of Serbia
Zoran Đinđić
Zvezdan Jovanović
2007
Rawalpindi
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Benazir Bhutto
unknown assailant
2009
Bissau
President of Guinea-Bissau
João Bernardo Vieira
A group of soldiers
2011
Abbottabad
Founder of al-Qaeda
Osama bin Laden
Robert J. O'Niell
2013
El Menzah
Tunisian Politician
Chokri Belaid
Kamel Gaghgadhi
2016
Leeds
British Member of Parliament
Jo Cox
Thomas Mair
2016
Ankara
Russian Ambassador to Turkey
Andrei Karlov
Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş
2021
Port-au-Prince
President of Haiti
Jovenel Moïse
A group of 28 mercenaries
2021
Leigh-on-Sea
British Member of Parliament
David Amess
Ali Harbi Ali
2022
Nara
Former Prime Minister of Japan
Shinzo Abe
Tetsuya Yamagami
2024
New York City
CEO of UnitedHealthcare
Brian Thompson
Luigi Mangione
2025
Orem
American Political Activist
Charlie Kirk
Tyler Robinson
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