Assassinations and attempts Prominent assassinations, targeted killings, and assassination attempts include: thumb|100px|upright|Laurent-Désiré Kabila thumb|100px|upright|Birendra of Nepal thumb|100px|upright|Zoran Djindjic thumb|100px|upright|Rafic Hariri thumb|100px|upright|Benazir Bhutto Date Description January 16, 2001Laurent-Désiré Kabila, the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was assassinated by a bodyguard. The motive remains unexplained. June 1, 2001King Birendra of Nepal, along with eight other royals, are killed by Nepal's crown prince Diprendra who then shoots himself. Nepal's laws regarding succession allows the comatose Dipendra to rule for three days before he succumbs to his injuries.September 9, 2001Ahmad Shah Massoud, guerilla commander of the Northern Alliance against the Soviet invasion and against the Taliban regime, was killed in Khwaja Bahauddin, Takhar Province, Afghanistan by Al-Qaeda operatives, days before the September 11 attacks. October 17, 2001Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam Ze'evi was assassinated by three Palestinian assailants, members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. May 6, 2002 Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician, was assassinated by environmentalist activist Volkert van der Graaf. March 12, 2003 Zoran Đinđić, Serbian and Montenegrin Prime Minister, is assassinated by Zvezdan Jovanović, a soldier of Milorad Ulemek, the former commander of the Special Operations Unit of Yugoslavia's secret police. September 10, 2003 Anna Lindh, Swedish foreign minister, was assassinated after being stabbed in the chest, stomach, and arms by Serbian and Montenegrin national Mijailo Mijailović while shopping in a Stockholm department store. March 22, 2004 Ahmed Yassin, the founder and spiritual leader of the militant Islamist group Hamas, was assassinated in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli Air Force. November 2, 2004 Theo van Gogh, Dutch filmmaker and critic of Islamic culture, was assassinated in Amsterdam by Mohammed Bouyeri. February 14, 2005 Rafic Hariri, former Prime Minister of Lebanon, was assassinated when explosives equivalent to around 1,000 kg of TNT were detonated as his motorcade drove past the St. George Hotel in Beirut. The assassination attempt also killed at least 16 other people and injured 120 others. December 27, 2007 Benazir Bhutto, former Pakistani prime minister, was assassinated at an election rally in Rawalpindi by a bomb blast. The assassination attempt also killed at least 80 other people. March 2, 2009 João Bernardo Vieira, President of Guinea-Bissau, was assassinated during an armed attack on his residence in Bissau. April 30, 2009 Seven people are killed when a vehicle rams through a crowd watching the Koninginnedag parade in Apeldoorn in an attempt to target Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and other members of the Dutch royal family. The assailant dies a day later due to injuries sustained in the attack.
Assassinations .and attempts Prominent assassinations, targeted killings, and assassination attempts include: thumb|100px|upright|Laurent-Désiré Kabila thumb|100px|upright|Birendra of Nepal thumb|100px|upright|Zoran Djindjic thumb|100px|upright|Rafic Hariri thumb|100px|upright|Benazir Bhutto Date Descriptio:n January 16, 2001Laurent-Désiré Kabila, the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was assassinated by a bodyguard. The motive remains unexplained. June 1, 2001King Birendra of Nepal, along with eight other royals, are killed by Nepal's crown prince Diprendra who then shoots himself. Nepal's laws regarding succession allows the comatose Dipendra to rule for three days before he succumbs to his injuries.September 9, 2001Ahmad Shah Massoud, guerilla commander of the Northern Alliance against the Soviet invasion and against the Taliban regime, was killed in Khwaja Bahauddin, Takhar Province, Afghanistan by Al-Qaeda operatives, days before the September 11 attacks. October 17, 2001Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam Ze'evi was assassinated by three Palestinian assailants, member?s of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. May 6, 2002 Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician, was assassinated by environmentalist activist Volkert van der Graaf. March 12, 2003 Zoran Đinđić, Serbian and Montenegrin Prime Minister, is assassinated by Zvezdan Jovanović, a soldier of Milorad Ulemek, the former commander of the Special Operations Unit of Yugoslavia's secret police. September 10, 2003 Anna Lindh, Swedish foreign minister, was assassinated after being stabbed in the chest, stomach, and arms by Serbian and Montenegrin national Mijailo Mijailović while shopping in a Stockholm department store. March 22, 2004 Ahmed Yassin, the founder and spiritual leader of the militant Islamist group Hamas, was assassinated in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli Air Force. November 2, 2004 Theo van Gogh, Dutch filmmaker and critic of Islamic culture, was assassinated in Amsterdam by Mohammed Bouyeri. February 14, 2005 Rafic Hariri, former Prime Minister of Lebanon, was assassinated when explosives equivalent to around 1,000 kg of TNT were detonated as his motorcade drove past the St. George Hotel in Beirut. The assassination attempt also killed at least 16 other people and injured 120 others. December 27, 2007 Benazir Bhutto, former Pakistani prime minister, was assassinated at an election rally in Rawalpindi by a bomb blast. The assassination attempt also killed at least 80 other people. Marc.h 2, 2009 João Bernardo Vieira, President of Guinea-Bissau, was assassinated during an armed attack on his residence in Bissau. April 30, 2009 Seven people are killed when a vehicle rams through a crowd watching the Koninginnedag parade in Apeldoorn in an attempt to target Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Crown Prince Willem,-Alexander and other members of the Dutch royal family. The assailant dies a day later due to injuries sustained in the attack.