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Recent Examples of assailant
The assailant, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, reportedly in the U.S. illegally, used homemade Molotov cocktails and a flamethrower-like device to target peaceful marchers.
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Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 8 June 2025
During this year’s Passover season, an antisemitic assailant snuck into the governor’s mansion while Shapiro and his family slept and set the building on fire.
—Michael Graham, Boston Herald, 6 June 2025
The assailant, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, fired multiple shots, injuring Trump and killing one attendee before being fatally shot by the Secret Service.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
The assailant remained at large, and a massive manhunt was underway into Saturday night with hundreds of federal, state and local law enforcement officers, according to authorities at a news conference with Walz and other officials at the State Emergency Operations Center in Blaine.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
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Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 8 June 2025
During this year’s Passover season, an antisemitic assailant snuck into the governor’s mansion while Shapiro and his family slept and set the building on fire.
—Michael Graham, Boston Herald, 6 June 2025
The assailant, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, fired multiple shots, injuring Trump and killing one attendee before being fatally shot by the Secret Service.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
The assailant remained at large, and a massive manhunt was underway into Saturday night with hundreds of federal, state and local law enforcement officers, according to authorities at a news conference with Walz and other officials at the State Emergency Operations Center in Blaine.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
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“Assailant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assailant. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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