10 Horrifying Political Assassinations

These political assassinations will shock and horrify you. For this list, we’ll be examining some of the most brutal political slayings and the impact their demise had on the country’s landscape. Our countdown includes Abraham Lincoln, Nicholas II of Russia, Benazir Bhutto, and more! Which assassinations did we miss out in the video? Let us know below.
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[@WatchMojo]

Which assassinations did we miss out in the video? Let us know below. For more content like this, click here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGGneoSko9Zmn7M

[@Franz399-k9q]

oi im first

[@Reaperguy67]

@@Franz399-k9q nobody really asked if you are. A pinned comment doesn't count

[@Franz399-k9q]

​@@Reaperguy67 sorry lad

[@Reaperguy67]

@@Franz399-k9q it's facts about your comment

[@jwardbartolome]

How come you didn't include Ninoy Aquino on this list? His death started the People Power Revolution which led to the departure of the dictator / kelptocrat Ferdinand Marcos and the restoration of democracy in the Philippines.

[@daydreamcomedianne]

Supposedly Trotsky fought his assassin after being stabbed in the head with the ice pick (that had gone 7 cm into his brain), spat on him, and the struggle ended up breaking Mercader's hand. Even after his bodyguards came in after hearing the struggle and beat Mercader, Trotsky told them not to kill him so that he could "answer questions". Trotsky held on to his life for one more day. He was 60. Say what you will about Trotsky but that is kind of badass.

[@bennymora3086]

Vladimir Lenin even said to not let Joseph Stalin be the next ruler of the Soviet Union before he died.😑

[@projectscoordinator5265]

It wasn’t ice pick though. It was actually an ice axe. Which is so much more brutal and impressive the fact that he was able to fight and survive to the extent in which he did

[@sandmandzkhalil3618]

@@bennymora3086 lol oversimplified enter the room .

[@natsune09]

Archduke Franz Ferdinand? You left out the assassination that started WW1 which led to WW2 which led to the cold war which led to Vietnam and so on?

[@haven_lady675]

Whoa....

[@brendenwright7957]

I wonder if the monarchies of Europe would have survived to the modern day had he not perished, as most monarchies were abolished as a result of both world wars

[@chrisboulanger1860]

I agree

[@carrieachilles6362]

Gotta agree there. Maybe do a part 2?

[@kenrickeason]

Yeah... it started a world war.. that's how messed up it was..

[@BigFella117]

“Those that make peaceful resolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable.” - John F. Kennedy

[@ArkaeaFCL3]

One of my favorite quotes by him.

[@BigFella117]

@@ArkaeaFCL3 mine too

[@Jman417]

" injustice anywhere is a threat justice everywhere". Martin Luther King Jr.

[@BigFella117]

@@Jman417 great quote

[@meagtaylor3392]

The murder of the Romanovs always makes me sad. The assassins stole the futures of the children who were aged only 22 to 13. They didn't deserve any of that!

[@squarebear619]

In power plays, they all had to go. That's the nature of politics, power, and corruption. Thr Tsars had done worse throughout their reigns. Had any Romanov survived they could make a power play in the future.

[@brunofqs]

They had to go, as all monarchs should.

[@princecharming4708]

@@brunofqs not true

[@TheDamis360]

Should of not been a dick and it would of been fine

[@amirnaim3675]

Inejiro Asanuma's assassination was literally caught on tape. I think that's horrifying enough to be on the list

[@legoworksstudios1]

Also most of the Japanese politicians in the 1930s. It was so prevalent that it was referred to as Government by Assassination.

[@SarahElisabethJoyal]

Wasn't that the guy who was stabbed during a TV debate

[@amirnaim3675]

@@SarahElisabethJoyal yes he is

[@shadowdragonlord2295]

Do Failed Assassinations next. Example: Andrew Jackson. His would be assassin's guns misfired, for no apparent reason, and Jackson then proceeded to beat the man until people pulled him off the guy.

[@Snowboi1963]

Andrew Johnson too. His would be assassin didnt get the courage so he got sh*tfaced and wasted at a saloon. He did get arrested for saying too much tho 😂😂😂😂

[@annafowdy]

There was also what's-his-face, Reagan. Some nut thought he would impress Jodie Foster by killing him (despite the fact that she's a lesbian).

[@dragonitematero]

I think they did so a couple days ago

[@haven_lady675]

I think they already did that but I could be wrong.

[@thedragong]

Teddy Roosevelt should be on that list, he got shot and then proceeded to give an 84-minute speech. No wonder death took him when he was asleep.

[@tomasgonzalez1435]

Here are some dishonorable mentions: - Archduke Franz Ferdinand. - Dr Martín Luther King jr. - Jorge Eliecer Gaitan. - Kim Yong Nam. - Lord Mountbatten.

[@corymorimacori1059]

1:59 “How many dictators does it take, to turn an empire into a Union of ruinous states? It’s a disgrace what you did to your own people.” Rasputin

[@blacksmoke6292]

"Your father beat you like a dog and now you're evil!"

[@Snowboi1963]

@@blacksmoke6292 "Youre from Georgia, Sweet Georgia. And history books unfold ya as a messed up mutha f**ka bent in the mind, built a superpower but paid the price."

[@masonwinters267]

LEMME START WITH YOU THERE, FRANKENSTEIN, LOOKING LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF R. L. STINE

[@Sazuleta]

I think archduke franz Ferdinand should have been on the list. His assassination started WWI

[@redred222]

yes thats one of the big ones, but that war was going to happen anyhow

[@trillioncrowns]

that war was never going to happen! It would have been smaller,

[@leemiller7165]

In 2007 the Guinness World Records inducted Litvinenko as the first person to be slain by radiation. "Excuse us, may we have a word with you?" -The cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima

[@squarebear619]

Those were not political assassinations technically but casualties of war.

[@sandmandzkhalil3618]

@@squarebear619 hear what she said clearly she sad "he Guinness World Records inducted Litvinenko as the first person to be slain by radiation" not as the first assassination to be slain by radiation , he is right the sentence is wrong .

[@犬の大将]

You guys forgot Shinzo Abe.

[@ives3572]

"The important thing to know about an assassination or an attempted assassination is not who fired the shot, but who paid for the bullet." - Eric Ambler

[@CutterHistorical]

SHinzo Abe deserves a mention because of how shocking it was when he died by gunshots this year despite Japan having great gun control laws

[@alexthelizardking]

Julius Caesar - stabbed Czar Alexander II - bombing Toshimichi Ohkubo - killed by mob Hirobumi Ito - shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand - shot

[@nicoleknight9412]

Two other U.S. presidents: James Garfield in 1881 William McKinley in 1901

[@nHans]

Obligatory clarification regarding people named "Gandhi": The two Indian Prime Ministers featured in this video - *Indira Gandhi* (assassinated in 1984) and her son *Rajiv Gandhi* (assassinated in 1991)-are not related to the more famous *Mohandas Karamchand "Mahatma" Gandhi,* who was assassinated in 1948. Mahatma Gandhi's assassination-which was also political-was not mentioned in this video.

[@StevenGershwin]

You missed the assasination of Ninoy Aquino which sparked the People Power Revolution in the Philippines

[@gregverde7720]

Yes

[@jewgirl952]

I remember Kennedy's assassination like it was just yesterday. I was in 6th grade and the principal came into our classroom during the last period and announced that he had been shot. After school, as we were boarded onto the school buses to go home, the principal went from bus to bus to announce that Kennedy had died. When I got home, my mother was crying and watching the news. Then for some 40 days (don't remember exactly), there was nothing on TV, but news about the slaying.

[@jwardbartolome]

How come you didn't include Ninoy Aquino on this list? His death started the People Power Revolution which led to the departure of the dictator / kelptocrat Ferdinand Marcos and the restoration of democracy in the Philippines.

[@Arcane1954]

Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, Anwar Sadat, Julius Caesar, Thomas a'Becket, Shinzo Abe. You could do a list of the Roman Emperors who learned that the job was for life but not for long.

[@trillioncrowns]

no time..... No space

[@youngpronto4290]

Laurent désire kabila

[@LoLXD4118]

8:29 Guinness of world record inducted him as the 1st person slain by radiation. All the Japanese people who had to deal with the radiation after the nuclear bombs: "I guess we are a joke to you huh?"

[@DogGodDogood]

First person assassinated by radiation

[@israelgarnado5699]

@@DogGodDogood his argument was people obliterated by nuks :)

[@brianarbenz1329]

@@DogGodDogood But the video said "slain," not assassinated.

[@DogGodDogood]

@@brianarbenz1329 you mean Guiness world records. The video has assassinations in its name

[@ives3572]

"Assassination is the extreme form of censorship; and it seems hard to justify an incitement to it on anti-censorial principles." - George Bernard Shaw

[@christophermerlot3366]

I first became aware of political assassination when I was about ten years old when Anwar Sadat was killed. I still remember watching it on the evening news. Coming from the Peaceable Kingdom I couldn't understand at the time why people would kill their leaders.

[@nicoleknight9412]

His assassin's were upset about his establishing peace with Israel.

[@christophermerlot3366]

@@nicoleknight9412 I knew that later on. I also felt bad for my mother later on as well as she had to try to explain assassination to her overly inquisitive child.

[@AdultThirdCultureKid1971]

That's understandable. I couldn't understand that at the time, but a decade or so later, I read about what was behind Sadat's assassination.

[@frostchak2163]

Bud dwyer wasn’t assassinated but that’s a horrific political death.

[@robotbird17]

Is it just me or did i randomly find them and can’t stop watching

[@Gangstabean420]

Just you. Everyone knows about this channel

[@susanmarcoullier6148]

I found it and loved it

[@VibeVixen02]

That’s how it starts 😅

[@reggiefurlow1]

It's just you

[@Mkaela90]

Same lol

[@leesashriber5097]

This was a very interesting upload. I appreciate the history and the behind the scenes narration. Thank you! 😊

[@ives3572]

"The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination." - Voltaire

[@Vipers_Pit]

Watch mojo: how many videos do you want to make about assassins. Watch mojo: yes

[@punkmaster258]

Other honorable mentions: - Kim Jong Nam: assassinated in KL Airport - Ninoy Aquino: assassinated right before he landed and returned to the Manila Int’l Airport, the Philippines that triggers the Infamous and controversial People Power Revolution

[@crucialnuevaepoca1268]

also, the assassinations of presidential candidates Luis Carlos Galan in 1989 in Colombia and Luis Donaldo Colosio in 1994 in Mexico

[@user-sb8ql3sx9e]

Malcolm X, Martin L. King Jr., Fred Hampton,

[@stefantsarev4442]

One of the more famous assassinations was of the Bulgarian journalist and communist dissident Georgi Markov in 1978. Just like Litvinenko, he was poisoned by an operative in London, only not with radioactive Polonium, but a small bullet covered with Ricin, fired from the infamous Umbrella gun. Another case is that of Lyudmila Zhivkova, daughter of the Bulgarian communist dictator Todor Zhivkov. She wasn't a dissident, but, as a culture minister, she realised several projects which became symbol of Bulgarian patriotism (like the 1300th anniversary of the establishment of our state in 1981), as well as some which were supposed to unite people all over the world (including Western nations). Her speeches included mentions of a divine force. Naturally, this did not sit well with KGB, who saw her as Zhivkov's heir. To them, she committed violations to the Communist doctrine (there is no God, no countries should have any forms of patriotism), hence, a few months after the celebrations, Lyudmila Zhivkova was poisoned to death by her own bodyguard who turned out to be a KGB operative.

[@docboone71]

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary 1914. His assassination in Sarajevo started WWI.

[@Andres-db4jm]

You haven't mentioned another Putin's victim - an outspoken critic of Putin's regime - politician Boris Nemtsov was killed in 2015. Nemtsov was shot several times from behind when he was crossing famous bridge in Moscow near Kremlin and Red Square.

[@keithspainjr7669]

I’ve learn through time and time again… There are No friends.., ( family can be even more scary ), there are only People driven with self interests.

[@corymorimacori1059]

1:45 “Pride of Lenin took Trotsky out of the picture. Got the hammer on you and b slapped mustache man.” Joseph Stalin

[@Snowboi1963]

I heard that song before! Its a banger lol

[@corymorimacori1059]

9:00 “Phew! Let’s hope that’s the biggest crisis of my presidency.” John F Kennedy

[@AmanRajput-gu5dx]

it wasnt

[@jorgecastro7749]

Ahh it’s nice to see fine cultured people

[@alexlascu2136]

Oversimplified

[@eisirm]

Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Che Guevara.

[@michaelfinley6552]

No mention of congressman Louis T. McFadden. No mention of U.S. presidents Garfield or McKinley.

[@TopCat2021]

How about congressman Leo Ryan who was assassinated at Jonestown, Guyana.

[@MomMom4Cubs]

@@TopCat2021 That wasn't political in nature, though tragic as it was. He died to keep those trying to leave Guyana from being afraid to do so. He was assassinated, thought not because of his politics. He was killed because he was doing his duty to his constituents.

[@mp3.gibson380]

thank you for recognising jo cox. im from the borough over from batley and spen and when she was killed, it sent a shockwave through the whole of west yorkshire. she was an amazing woman and we have a park dedicated to her nearby

[@muningningdakat4132]

I was expecting, Benigno S. Aquino Jr. to be in this list, though...

[@ajpat9620]

Same thoughts there.

[@SuperAttitudeera]

Stjepan Radić - the most powerful Croatian politician in the first half of the 20th century, assassinated and fatally wounded during a session of The Parliament of The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians in June of 1928.

[@svittalk6037]

In Russia there are so many. But to me, Boris Nemtsov was the most striking. Killed on a red square, it was more so public execution. He could have been a great leader and Russia would have been so different. If some of you have time and interest in a subject, do research this brilliant man.

[@vulgartech9192]

Franz Ferdinand? WW1? It's not just a band, he was a very prestigious military leader, akin to Patton in the US.

[@iamdanyc93]

What aboutJamal Khashoggi ? a Saudi dissident, was assassinated by agents of the Saudi government at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.Khashoggi was ambushed, suffocated, and dismembered.

[@AdultThirdCultureKid1971]

I think you forgot Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt from 1952 to 1970. He may have seemed to have died of a heart attack.

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Imagine if some of these Political Leaders had lived longer then they had. 🤔

[@Eclipsian_wolf]

A big miss to add to this list was the assasinationof Monseñor Romero in El Salvador, it extended the civil war and impacted not only the nation but was a big event in the Latin America’s side of the Cold War

[@trillioncrowns]

naw not cool enough

[@ecamp6360]

This was the one that woke me up. And I knew the funeral would be attacked, as it was. D'Aubisson and his cronies should have burned.

[@bobbyb396]

And one person here is gouged.

[@brianarbenz1329]

Romero was assassinated by soldiers trained by the U.S. at the School of the Americas, where torture techniques were taught by the U.S. to soldiers. The SOA is the United States' Al Quaida.

[@matthewbaduria]

martin luther king jr.was assassinated by james earl ray,was tragic and very sad.john f. kennedy was the other.

[@corymorimacori1059]

7:38 “The last man who attacked me, lived a half life so comrade come back at me.” Vladimir Putin

[@stefanbrown3535]

Fred Hampton, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King. Megan Evers.

[@silversurfer3202]

You forgot Rasputin 🤔!!!!

[@AustroHungarianEmpire1867]

The bots, they are everywhere.

[@FreeKentHovind]

Excuse me... aren’t you forgetting ex Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abi?? Killed Buy a thug with a homemade gun? Prime Minister

[@astig666]

You did not include the august 21, 1983 assassination of philippines former senator benigno aquino jr.

[@SuperDarthLink]

Am i the only one that loves Rebecca’s voice ❤

[@killingragethrowback]

Remember the phrase about the game of thrones? This is what it means when you wield power.

[@Jman417]

You forgot Martin Luther King jr. He said "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

[@sandsandwich9217]

Most bloody political assassination in my country was where Heneral Luna was shot, stabbed, hacked, and robbed and only died from a headshot pointblank

[@JoshRhoton]

Who still wants to be a politician after that video? Lmao 😂

[@jedit2586]

Not me 😂

[@trillioncrowns]

so they took out the ghandis family like jfk? Reminds me of the godfather! The mod kills the family too in fear of retaliation

[@SR-tj4ll]

You missed Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Ur Rehman's Assassination. That was also a political assassination. Darkest times of Bangladesh

[@Jram0107]

Not even a mention of Allende

[@JordySchaap]

You forgot Pim Fortuyn and Harvey Milk.

[@MomMom4Cubs]

Their mention wouldn't garner enough views because they're so foundational to their respective causes (though they are both queer heroes), not enough remember them today. Fwiw, I wholeheartedly agree with you.

[@MaximilianoAedo]

Muammar Gaddafi should have been on this list.

[@MrLaughablecomedy]

Lincoln should have been number 1. Dude is my hero

[@juliannidj]

You should read more on Lincoln don't just run with what you hear, he's no hero.

[@MrLaughablecomedy]

@@juliannidj nah im good. He was a martyr for my people. That's enough to make him a hero in my book.

[@king-pn4bj]

@@juliannidj Regardless of some of his personal flaws and rather racist views he still fought for the union and freed the slaves, for that he will always be a hero of the US.

[@ThePauseMenuVlog]

The comments made from Bhutto about Bin Laden are amazing and enlightening about when he really died.

[@rileybridgham1963]

I love your videos.

[@boldchick101]

Well narrated, thanks for good content. All the names I could think of to add have already been mentioned in the comments except for Dr Hendrick French Verwoerd who was stabbed to death by Mr Stafendas in South Africa in 1966.

[@Megazoid-my7cp]

What about Jamal Kashoggi? wasn't his assassination horrifying?

[@bigkeith41]

I wish Stephen Biko was on this list

[@BirdGang6]

Malcolm X being murdered brutally while his wife and kids were sitting 15 feet away will always make me feel sick to my stomach

[@karlsmith2570]

How did Anwar Sadat not make it onto this list??

[@shastaham7630]

Leon Trotsky was not killed with an ice pick. He was killed with an ice AX! Calling an ice ax an ice pick is like calling a gun a fly swatter. Where do these people get their information?

[@trillioncrowns]

lets say he was killed with a melee weapon

[@iceYoni]

KZbin ads ruined the vibe for me. Didn't even make it half way through the video. Sorry. Gave a like though 👍

[@martinconnors5195]

Sir David Amess. Stabbed to death at a Political Surgery in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK on October 15th 2021. The town was made a city soon after. The Litvenenkos are decent people and I have abundant respect for widow and son

[@tafadzwabero6091]

You guys forgot STEVE BIKO from South Africa

[@Strike666]

what about franz ferdinand wich assassination triggered WWI

[@radikowalski1553]

I never understood why people would assassinate someone who they “hated?”

[@cartimandua_]

Jo Cox murderer was just a crazy guy - he was not what they portrayed of him. He didn't represent any group or idea. Just so you know - the people of Northern Ireland voted overwhelmingly to remain part of the UK. This is why the British defended their wishes. Thank goodness things are quieter.

[@mitchelljohnleslie1696]

Abraham Lincoln And John F. Kennedy Are My Favorite U.S. Presidents

[@cirenosnor5768]

Mitchell John Leslie - Share why

[@frustyak]

One that didn’t make the list was Anwar Sadat, former President of Egypt, assassinated in 1981.

[@amherst88]

Also, the other side, Yitzhak Rabin in 1995.

[@cirenosnor5768]

Didn’t watch all of it and assumed Sadat would be on the list.

[@sidewinder2057]

Politkovskaya, Nemcov...I mean you can create separate top 10 assassinations list only for Putin rivals.

[@gavinodonoghue9523]

Love your inclusion of Michael Collins , the man is worshipped like a God in Ireland

[@CALIGIRL702]

You forgot to add the new ones that were arkancided

[@annafowdy]

When it comes to politicians, I don't believe in picking favorites.

[@ARIXANDRE]

Violence will never be a valid way to make a political statement.

[@mikegattie8740]

What about Malcolm X or Medgar Evers?

[@alvinwhite94]

What about Robert Kennedy ?

[@nikolaihorne319]

I gotta say that’s scary

[@PSYACTIF]

you can just make top 100 all ruzzian political assessinations

[@pedanpontif]

You forgot Giorgi Markov.

[@anthonylewis2080]

In 1978 - Central London - was assassinated by a poisoned umbrella, to this day his killer was never found.

[@michaellykke100]

The umbrella killing?

[@manoftheusajones5147]

TOP 10 Most Bumbling Marines

[@MomMom4Cubs]

That'd take a while to compile, depending on definition of "bumbling," and minimum rank of consideration.

[@callamastia]

i wonder if jack ruby was tested for that

[@beckdalonzo1983]

I’m surprised that Harvey Milk isn’t on this list

[@samcohen2483]

Oh I see, it's not top 10 it's just 10 in no particular order.

[@danielwhite549]

What about Dr. Martin Luther King?

[@norwoodrobinson4464]

World leaders not included on this list: Che Guevara, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr!

[@marccadec6978]

Haing S Ngor should at least have a mention.

[@Harry-nj5yj]

Former Japanese President Shinjo Abe