Sentence examples for wave of assassinations from inspiring English sources

Security and government officials have been victims of a wave of assassinations.

The head of the Deir Ezzor political-security branch warned, "There may be a wave of assassinations".

They attribute the recent wave of assassinations of physics professors and students, as well as the intrusion of the Stuxnet worm, to the U.S. and Israel.

A Social Democrat, he had to contend with a wave of assassinations carried out by the left-wing terrorist group the Red Army Faction.

But in 2005, Shiite gunmen, some in police uniforms, began carrying out a wave of assassinations in and around the city.

But the new wave of assassinations shows that, even as NATO portrays the insurgents as a weakening force, the Haqqanis can still assert their influence, not only with headline-grabbing bombings but also through intimidation and by controlling perceptions.

But after an initial wave of assassination attempts and hit-and-run attacks on tourists, the insurgency had been squeezed into a slugging match between police and small bands of rebels deep in the Upper Egyptian interior.Ordinary Egyptians have paid a price.

They left waves of assassinations and disappearances, lootings and carjackings in their wake.

On Tuesday, Iraqi security officials said they uncovered a plot to bomb several ministries and other public places and to carry out a wave of political assassinations.

BAGHDAD — A wide-ranging plot to bomb government ministries and other public places, to be followed by a wave of political assassinations, was uncovered by Iraqi officials, who responded Tuesday by bringing much of Baghdad to a virtual standstill while security forces conducted raids that netted large quantities of explosives, officials said.

Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram - which has caused havoc in Africa's most populous country through a wave of bombings, assassinations and abductions - is fighting to overthrow the government and create an Islamic state.