The phrase "assassination committed by" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the perpetrator of an assassination in a formal or analytical context.
Example: "The investigation revealed that the assassination committed by the rogue agent was meticulously planned."
Alternatives: "assassination carried out by" or "assassination executed by".
"Serbia is not directly accused [of starting the war], but indirectly, by saying the war began because of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand committed by a member of this nationalistic Serbian organisation, Gavrilo Princip," Gashi said.
The audacity of the perpetrators, their professionalism and deep intelligence penetration into the heart of the Hezbollah heartland, may indicate that the assassination was not committed by the shadowy Sunni organizations which claimed responsibility.
Many other assassinations abroad were undoubtedly committed by Iranian secret agents.
Mrs. Litvinenko wanted to know whether her husband's death was "a targeted assassination of a British citizen committed by agents of a foreign state in the sovereign territory of the United Kingdom," the lawyer said.
He said she wanted to know if it was "a targeted assassination of a British citizen committed by agents of a foreign state in the sovereign territory of the United Kingdom".
Although some serial murders have been committed for profit, most lack an obvious rational motive, a fact that distinguishes them from political assassinations and terrorism and from professional murders committed by gangsters.
The assassination occurred as the delegation was leaving the city, and reportedly was committed by soldiers of the 11th Hussars Szekely.
For the past two months we have been telling readers about atrocities committed by the FDLR (remnants of the Rwanda genocidaires) including assassinations, rapes, burnings of villages, looting, protection payoffs and epidemics of disease among the children and the elderly who are fleeing through the forests.
The latest broadcast includes news of the "constant assassination attempts on journalists by the Poroshenko regime" and "the massive ceasefire violations, war crimes, atrocities committed by the Ukraine junta".
The worse episodes of state violence in the 20th century also remain shrouded in official silence, chief among them are the crimes committed by Brazil's military dictatorship, which ran a system of torture and selective assassinations from 1964 to 1985.
Correction: October 3, 2001, Wednesday An article on Saturday about a letter left behind by terrorists who attacked New York and Washington misstated the year of the assassination of President Anwar el-Sadat in Egypt, an event cited by one authority on Islam as an example of violence committed by radicals with middle-class roots.
