In Pics | High-profile political assassinations of 21st century

Here is a list some influential world leaders who were assassinated in the 21st century.

Japan's former PM Shinzo Abe was assassinated by a gunman who opened fire on him as he delivered a campaign speech on a street in western Japan on July 8, 2022. Credit: Reuters Photo

British lawmaker David Amess was stabbed to death by an Islamic State supporter while meeting with voters on October 15, 2021. Credit: AFP Photo

Haitian President Jovenel Moise was assassinated by gunmen in an overnight raid on his Port-au-Prince home on July 7, 2021. Credit: Reuters Photo

Chad President Idriss Deby Itno was killed while battling rebels in the north on April 20, 2021. He was declared the winner of an election a few hours before his assassination that would have given him another six years in power. Credit: AFP Photo

Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was killed by a VX nerve agent at a Malaysian airport on February 13, 2017. He had been seen as a possible threat to his brother's rule and reportedly had met with US intelligence agencies. Credit: Reuters Photo

One of the powerful Libyan dictators, Muammar Gaddafi, was hunted and summarily killed by insurgents in 2011 after being toppled in a NATO-backed uprising. Credit: Twitter/@Egideevan1

Guinea-Bissau President Joao Bernardo Vieira was killed by renegade soldiers in his palace, hours after a bomb blast killed his rival in the West African nation on March 2, 2009. Credit: Twitter/LamineNdiay11

Benazir Bhutto, the first female prime minister of Pakistan, was shot by a suicide bomber at a political rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on December 27, 2007. Credit: Twitter/RashidAliBurir0

Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri lost his life to a suicide truck bomb on a seaside boulevard in Beirut on February 14, 2005. Credit: Reuters Photo

Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic was shot dead in front of the Serbian government headquarters in Belgrade on March 12, 2003. Credit: Twitter/IVejvoda

Nepal's King Birendra was killed when his son, Dipendra, opened fire on his family in the royal palace on June 1, 2001. The dead include Queen Aiswarya, a prince and five others. Officials said the shooting followed a dispute over the prince's marriage. Credit: Twitter/ConstantinoX