Sentence examples for target of assassination from inspiring English sources

That same year Duterte said that criminals were a "legitimate target of assassination".

In the letter, the North Korean official seems to be suggesting that Kang was the intended target of assassination, not his wife.

Mr. Duterte has a history of provocative remarks about criminal justice, including his assertion in 2009 that crime suspects were "a legitimate target of assassination".

(Tsvangirai himself was a target of assassination attempts, and in the final weeks of the campaign was accused of plotting to kill Mugabe, and booked for treason).

Soldier, brawler, duelist, lover, he was the first president to be the target of assassination, and the only one to attack his assailant.

Before a year passed, he had become the target of assassination threats and a recall effort; a surprise deficit obliged him to raise taxes and lay off hundreds of city workers.

Everyone is on edge here, but foreigners are the main targets of assassination.

Francophone writers and intellectuals have been frequent targets of assassination by both Islamic militants and shadowy counterinsurgency forces.

In moments of heat during the cold war, many enemies of the United States were suggested as targets of assassination.

Adams and Hughes became targets of assassination, and they perpetually moved among safe houses, counting on support from the community in West Belfast.

The Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte said corrupt journalists were legitimate targets of assassination, as he amped up his controversial anti-crime crusade with offers of rewards for killing drug traffickers.