* Latin for an act
or event that provokes or is used to justify war.
Political
assassinations are unfortunately not rare, however some post murder events have
had direr consequences than others. Last month’s killing of the Russian
Ambassador to Turkey brings to mind two other political assassinations that
rocked the world.
DEATH
IN SARAJEVO/1914-- the June 28, 1914
shooting and deaths of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Duchess
Sophie, is linked as a firebrand event contributing to the explosion of World
War I.
Illustration:
Achille Beltrame, 1914.
DEATH IN PARIS/ 1938— On November 7,
1938, the shooting to death of German envoy Ernst Vom Rath is one of the events
historians have linked to fueling the start of Kristallnacht (November 9,
1938), the symbolic spark leading to the systematic extermination of the Jews
in Europe by Nazi Germany.
DEATH IN ANKARA /
2016—
The December 19, 2016 killing of Andrey Karlov, the Russian Ambassador to
Turkey, brings to mind the horror of two other political assassinations that
rocked the world.
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Photo: Hasim
Kilic/Hurriyet newspaper, via Reuters, 2016.
THE ASSASSINS:
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| 2016: Mevlut Altintas |
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| 1938: Herschel Grynszpan |
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| 1914: Gavrilo Princip |
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