Assassination is the deliberate killing of a prominent person, usually for payment or politicalШУУД ҮЗЭХ and
Assassination is the deliberate killing of a prominent person, usually for payment or political reasons. An assassination may be prompted by religious, political, or military motives; it is an act that may be done for financial gain, to avenge a grievance, from a desire to acquire fame or notoriety, or because of a military or security services command to carry out the homicide. Assassination is one of the oldest tools of power politics. It dates back at least as far as recorded history. The Old Testament story of Judith illustrates how a woman frees the Israelites by tricking and assassinating Holofernes, a warlord of the rival Assyrians, with whom the Israelites were at war. King Joash of Judah was recorded as being assassinated by his own servants; Joab assassinated Absalom, King David's son;[10] and King Sennacherib of Assyria was assassinated by his own sons. Chanakya (c. 350–283 BC) wrote about assassinations in detail in his political treatise Arthashastra. His student Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Maurya Empire, later made use of assassinations against some of his enemies, including two of
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