List of people who survived assassination attempts
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This is a list of survivors of assassination attempts who were not heads of state, listed chronologically.
For survivors who were heads of state, see List of heads of state and government who survived assassination attempts. For successful assassination attempts, see List of assassinations.
List
Gallery
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Arrest of Louis Gregori the attempted assassin of Captain Alfred Dreyfus during the ceremony removing Émile Zola's ashes to the Panthéon from the Cimetière de Montmartre in Paris, 4 June 1908
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Crime scene of the attack on Mayor of Cologne Henriette Reker in Cologne on 17 October 2015
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Federal deputy and Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro after being stabbed by Adélio Bispo de Oliveira during a campaign event on 6 September 2018.
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Notes
- ^ Abdullah I of Jordan, who was Hussein's grandfather and the intended target of the assassination, did die as a result of the assassination.
- ^ Although Argov survived the attempted assassination, when he died over 20 years after the attempted assassination, his cause of death was attributed to injuries sustained during the attempted assassination. [38]
- ^ The name of the assailant has not been disclosed due to the fact that he was a minor.
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