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| The failed coup attempt on President Jonathan |
Mahatma Ghandi was assassinated on 30 January 1948, shot at close range by Nathuram Godse. Gandhi was outside on the steps of a building where a prayer meeting was going to take place. He was surrounded by a part of his family and some followers when three gunshots killed him. Prior to his death, there had been five unsuccessful attempts to kill Gandhi, the first occurring in 1934.
Laurent-Désiré Kabila was murdered by one his bodyguards while working in his office. The killer Rashidi Muzele was killed as he attempted to flee the scene. Perhaps an assassination attempt on President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria that would have led to a regime change was couple of days ago averted. There was a mild drama and slight panic on Thursday 15 January, during the ’21-Gun Salute’ at the Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration and wreath-laying ceremony in Abuja, as the Presidential Guards were forced to form a protective shield around President Goodluck Jonathan.
