Filmed assassinations

President of North Yemen (1978–1990) and Yemen (1990–2012)

John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, November 22, 1963. Kennedy was in the vehicle with his wife Jacqueline, Texas governor John Connally, and Connally's wife Nellie, when he was fatally shot from the nearby Texas School Book Depository by Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine. The motorcade rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where Kennedy was pronounced dead about 30 minutes after the shooting; Connally was also wounded in the attack but recovered. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was hastily sworn in as president two hours and eight minutes later aboard Air Force One at Dallas Love Field.

Jordanian jihadist (1966–2006)

2022 killing of former Japanese prime minister

Prince regent of Kingdom of Serbia and later King of Yugoslavia 1921–34

2016 murder of the Russian ambassador to Turkey

On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk, an American right-wing political activist, was assassinated at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, while speaking at an outdoor campus debate planned by Turning Point USA, the conservative youth organization he co-founded and led. Kirk, aged 31, was a close ally of US president Donald Trump and a highly influential figure in the MAGA movement.

attack on 27 December 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan

American journalist (1963–2002)

1968 murder in Los Angeles, California, US

Russian politician (1971—2017)

Russian military commander (1970–2024)

Hamas Militant Commander (1960–2012)

American politician (1925–1978)

Syrian Sunni Muslim scholar (1929–2013)

2011 killing in Sirte, Libya

1991 assassination of the 6th Prime Minister of India

1995 murder in Tel Aviv, Israel

Mexican politician (1950-1994)

Colombian politician (1943-1989)

Japanese journalist (1957–2007)

2 April 2023 bombing in Saint Petersburg, Russia, which killed military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky

Egyptian assassination

2017 murder in Malaysia

Atiq Ahmed, was a notorious Indian gangster, criminal and politician. He served as a member of the Indian Parliament and the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Samajwadi Party. Ahmed had more than 160 criminal cases registered against him and contested several elections while being imprisoned. As of March 2023, the Uttar Pradesh Police had seized properties worth ₹11,684 crore (US$1.2 billion) belonging to Ahmed and his family. In 2019, he was convicted of kidnapping a witness who had testified against him regarding the 2005 murder of his political rival Raju Pal. Ahmed remained in jail until his assassination by three gunmen on his way to a court-mandated medical checkup on 15 April 2023.

First Lady of South Korea (1925-1974)

stabbing of Mayor of Gdańsk during charity event in 2019

2025 murder in Bogotá, Colombia

assassination of an Ecuadorean presidential candidate

2008 murder in Zagreb, Croatia

Sri Lankan politician (1953-2008)

Mexican activist (1958-2010)

1960 assassination in Japan

1983 murder of Filipino senator and opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr.

American journalist (1941–1979)

political assassination in Madrid, Spain

2025 murder in Ukraine

Mexican general (1942–2012)

chief member of Aum Shinrikyo (1958-1995)

bomb explosion in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

1992 murder in Annaba, Algeria

2025 murder