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Recent Examples of assailant
As the documentary shows, Japanese police and prosecutors were reluctant to investigate Itō’s allegations, in part because the law required evidence of a violent attack to pursue charges against an alleged assailant.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
The shooting’s apparent anti-insurance motivation has led to expressions of support across the political spectrum for the assailant.
—Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 9 Dec. 2024
The assailant used zip ties to constrain her wrists before strangling her nearly unconscious twice.
—Michael Loftus, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2024
Lewin slipped the poison pill into her mouth, but the assailants choked her and removed the capsule.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
The shooting’s apparent anti-insurance motivation has led to expressions of support across the political spectrum for the assailant.
—Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 9 Dec. 2024
The assailant used zip ties to constrain her wrists before strangling her nearly unconscious twice.
—Michael Loftus, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2024
Lewin slipped the poison pill into her mouth, but the assailants choked her and removed the capsule.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Assailant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assailant. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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