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Killing of Muhammad al-Durrah
The killing of Muhammad al-Durrah, a 12-year-old Palestinian boy filmed with his father Jamal in Gaza on September 30, 2000 by France 2 cameraman Talal Abu Rahma; an icon of the Second Intifada, disputed as staged by Israel, litigated in French courts.
Killing of Nahel Merzouk
Killing of Nahel Merzouk: the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old at a Nanterre traffic stop on 27 June 2023, which triggered nationwide French riots, disciplinary findings by the Defender of Rights, and a murder trial later reclassified as aggravated assault.
Killing of Nguyễn Xuân Đạt
Killing of Nguyễn Xuân Đạt, the "Vietnamese Butcher" case: January 25, 2025 murder and dismemberment in Lạng Sơn, Vietnam, by former market surveillance officer Đoàn Văn Sáng, exposed by internet sleuths; Sáng arrested November 29, 2025.
Killing of Nick Berg
Killing of Nick Berg: 2004 kidnapping and videotaped beheading of American contractor Nicholas Evan Berg, 26, in Iraq, attributed to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al-Tawhid wa al-Jihad; first Iraq War hostage beheading.
Killing of Nurul Amin Shah Alam
Killing of Nurul Amin Shah Alam: 2026 death of a 56-year-old nearly blind Rohingya refugee from Myanmar, found dead in Buffalo, New York, five days after Border Patrol released him at a closed Tim Hortons; ruled a homicide, cause a perforated duodenal ulcer precipitated by hypothermia and dehydration.
Killing of Osama bin Laden
Killing of Osama bin Laden: the May 1–2, 2011 US Navy SEAL raid on his Abbottabad, Pakistan compound, found via a courier after years of CIA intelligence work; authorized by Obama April 29, bin Laden was killed in 9 minutes, buried at sea from USS Carl Vinson.
Killing of Oscar Grant
Killing of Oscar Grant: BART officer Johannes Mehserle shot unarmed 22-year-old Oscar Grant III in the back at Oakland's Fruitvale Station on January 1, 2009; viral cellphone video, involuntary manslaughter conviction, Pirone controversy, protests, and police reforms.
Killing of Paul Johnson
Killing of Paul Johnson: June 2004 kidnapping and beheading in Riyadh of American Lockheed Martin engineer Paul Marshall Johnson Jr. by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, days after a 72-hour hostage ultimatum; leader al-Muqrin was killed in the response.
Killing of Peter Fechter
The killing of Peter Fechter was the shooting of an eighteen-year-old East German construction worker by border guards on 17 August 1962 during an escape attempt over the Berlin Wall.
Killing of Philando Castile
Killing of Philando Castile: the July 6, 2016 fatal shooting of the 32-year-old St. Paul cafeteria worker by St. Anthony officer Jeronimo Yanez during a Falcon Heights traffic stop, livestreamed by Diamond Reynolds; Yanez was acquitted in 2017.
Killing of Quentin Deranque
Quentin Deranque, a French far-right activist, died in Lyon in February 2026 after being beaten by ultra-left activists, leading to a national political crisis and 11 arrests.
Killing of Rachel Nickell
Killing of Rachel Nickell: 1992 Wimbledon Common murder; Colin Stagg wrongly prosecuted after honey trap; Robert Napper convicted 2008 via DNA; IPCC errors, £706,000 compensation, Broadmoor detention.
Killing of Rayshard Brooks
Killing of Rayshard Brooks: June 12, 2020 fatal police shooting of Rayshard Brooks at an Atlanta Wendy's by officer Garrett Rolfe; charges dropped August 2022.
Killing of Rebekah Baptiste
Rebekah Baptiste, 10, died July 30, 2025 after being found unresponsive near Holbrook, Arizona. Father Richard Baptiste and Anicia Woods face murder charges; DCS had received years of abuse reports.
Killing of Renée Good
Renée Nicole Good (Renée Macklin Good), 37, was a Minneapolis US citizen and mother of three shot dead by ICE agent Jonathan Ross on Portland Avenue, January 7, 2026, during Operation Metro Surge; video analyses contradicted the federal self-defense account, prompting state investigations and family lawsuits.
Killing of Rob and Michele Reiner
Double homicide of filmmaker Rob Reiner, 78, and wife Michele Singer Reiner, 70, found stabbed in their Brentwood, Los Angeles home on December 14, 2025; son Nick Reiner, 32, charged with first-degree murder.
Killing of Sadio Camara
Killing of Sadio Camara: Mali's defence minister and junta number two, born 1979 in Kati, died 25 April 2026 in a JNIM-FLA suicide car bomb attack on his Kati residence during coordinated nationwide assaults.
Killing of Sam Nordquist
Killing of Sam Nordquist: 2025 torture-murder of a 24-year-old Black transgender man from Oakdale, Minnesota, in Ontario County, New York; seven defendants, four guilty pleas, two life sentences without parole.
Killing of Sandra Birchmore
Killing of Sandra Birchmore: 2021 death of 23-year-old Stoughton, Massachusetts teacher's assistant, ruled suicide then reclassified; former police officer Matthew Farwell faces federal charges.
Killing of Satomi Mitarai (御手洗怜美)
The killing of Satomi Mitarai (御手洗怜美), also known as the Sasebo Slashing, was the 2004 stabbing of a 12-year-old Japanese schoolgirl by her 11-year-old classmate at Okubo Elementary School in Sasebo, Nagasaki.
Killing of Silverio Villegas González
Silverio Villegas González, 38, Mexican cook killed by an ICE agent September 12, 2025, in Franklin Park, Illinois, during Operation Midway Blitz; video contradicted DHS's dragged-agent account; ISP probe and 2026 FTCA claim follow.
Killing of Tamima Nibras Juhar
The killing of Tamima Nibras Juhar (Kampen-drapet): the 24 August 2025 racist murder of a 34-year-old Norwegian-Ethiopian Muslim child welfare worker at a Gemt AS facility in Kampen, Oslo, by resident Djordje Wilms, 18, radicalized online and via SIAN, sentenced to 19 years forvaring.
Killing of Tamir Rice
Killing of Tamir Rice: November 22, 2014 fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice by Cleveland officer Timothy Loehmann at Cudell Recreation Center while Rice held a toy gun; grand jury declined charges, $6 million settlement.
Killing of the Clancy children
Killing of the Clancy children: Cora (5), Dawson (3), and Callan (8 months) Clancy, strangled by their mother Lindsay Clancy in Duxbury, Massachusetts on January 24, 2023; her postpartum psychosis insanity-defense murder trial ended in a September 2026 mistrial.
Killing of Tim McLean
Killing of Tim McLean: 2008 Greyhound bus beheading near Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, by Vince Li (Will Baker), found not criminally responsible, discharged absolutely in 2017.
Killing of Trayvon Martin
Killing of Trayvon Martin: February 26, 2012 shooting of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida's Retreat at Twin Lakes; led to a second-degree murder trial, 2013 acquittal, DOJ review, and Black Lives Matter.
Killing of Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich
The killing of Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich, heir to the Muscovite throne, occurred on 19 November 1581 after a quarrel with his father, Ivan the Terrible.
Killing of Tulsiram Prajapati
Killing of Tulsiram Prajapati, also called Tulsi Prajapati: associate of Sohrabuddin Shaikh and sole surviving witness to Shaikh's 2005 abduction, shot dead in an alleged staged encounter on 28 December 2006 near the Gujarat-Rajasthan border; all 22 accused were acquitted in 2018, upheld in 2026.
Killing of Tyre Nichols
Killing of Tyre Nichols: 29-year-old Black man beaten by Memphis Police SCORPION unit officers at a January 7, 2023 traffic stop; died three days later, prompting federal convictions and DOJ findings against MPD.
Killing of Valeria Márquez
Killing of Valeria Márquez: the 13 May 2025 shooting of the 23-year-old Mexican beauty influencer and 2021 Miss Rostro winner during a TikTok livestream at her Zapopan, Jalisco salon; investigated as a femicide, with 2026 arrests linked to the CJNG's Los Rs cell.