Shocking assassinations caught live on camera

Lee Harvey Oswald the alleged murderer of former American President John F Kennedy was murdered on this day November 24 1963 in the presence of police perssonel and members of the media with his killing being captured live by television cameras The assassination was one of many to be caught on film over the years Heres a lookLee Harvey Oswald Former US Marine Lee Harvey Oswalds public and livetelevised murder is significant in many ways Its generally believed to be the first ever murder caught on live American television Also Oswald died never having admitted that he was Kennedys killerLee Harvey Oswald during a press conference after his arrest PicAFPJack Ruby about to shoot Lee Harvey Oswald PicAFPFollowing President John F Kennedys murder Oswald was shot dead in the underground car park of Dallas police headquarters by Jack Rubinstein aka Jack Ruby 52yearold owner of a Dallas striptease club Ruby fired just one shot as the escorting police officers stood as if mesmerized Oswald slumped forward with a rasping cry of agony and then he was dead The murder was captured live by news cameras who were covering Presiden John F Kennedys funeral procession and the graphic event was broadcast on televisionJohn F Kennedy President Kennedys infamous murder in Dallas Texas was captured on film by clothing manufactuerer Abraham ZapruderJohn F KennedyUS President John F Kennedys motorcade shortly before his assassination PicAFPThe film which would later go on to gain infamy as the Zapruder film captured the fatal head shot that struck President Kennedy as his limousine passed almost directly in front of Zapruder He was approached by members of the secret service who wished to use the film for investigation of the assassination Zapruder later sold the rights of the video to a major news magazine on the condition that frame 313 showing the fatal shot would be withheldRobert Kennedy The late Senator Robert Kennedy was also a victim of an assassins bullet like his famous brother JFK He was shot by Sirhan Sirhan a 24yearold Palestinian on June 5 1968 after Kennedy defeated Senator Eugene McCarthy in the California presidential primaryRobert Kennedy before his assassination PicYouTubeHe died the following day The shooting was recorded on audio tape by a freelance newspaper reporter and the aftermath was captured on film which was subsequently aired on various news channels Sirhan Sirhan had opened fire on Kennedy in a crowded kitchen at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles California hitting him three times and wounding five othersRobert Kennedy after getting shot PicYouTubeSirhan Sirhan PicYouTubeSirhan is currently serving a life sentence The actual murder was not captured on film as TV news reporters were signing off from electoral broadcast and the coverage of the shooting and its aftermath actually began 21 minutes after the shots were fired The events following the shooting were captured only by audio recording and cameras that had no live transmission capability Scant live footage from the kitchen was broadcast in blackandwhite by some news channels after Kennedy had been transported from the spotBenazir Bhutto The former Prime Minister of Pakistan who remains the only female PM till date was assassinated on Dec 27 2007 while leaving a campaign rally in Rawalpindi for the PPP at Liaquat National Bagh in the runup to the January 2008 parliamentary electionsBenazir BhuttoShots were fired at Bhutto when she was standing through her bulletproof vehicles sunroof to wave at supporters A suicide bomb was detonated immediately following the shooting Footage showing the assassin firing three gun shots at Bhutto before the blast and the aftermath was aired on many news channels Twentyfour other people were killed by the bombingYitzhak Rabin The former Israeli Prime Minister and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize winner was shot dead on November 4 1995 by a Jewish Israeli religious extremist named Yigal Amir who was opposed to peace with the PalestiniansYitzhak Rabin PicAFPThe assassination took place at a mass rally at the Kings of Israel Square now Rabin Square in Tel Aviv Amir fired three shots at Rabin with a semiautomatic pistol when the latter walked down the city hall steps towards the open door of his car Two shots hit Rabin and the third lightly injured one of his bodyguards He died on operating table less than 40 minutes later due to blood loss and a punctured lung Israeli security agents push Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin into a car after he was mortally wounded by extremist Jewish gunman Yigal Amir pictured right PicAFPAmir was tried found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment The incident was captured by news cameras covering the rally and broadcast worldwide by several media outletsAlexander I of Yugoslavia Alexander I the first king of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as well as the last king of the Kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes was shot to death on October 9 1934 while travelling through the streets of Marseilles France He was accompanied by French Foreign Minister Louis BarthouA still from the footage showing Alexander I of Yugoslavia PicYouTubeAlexander I was instantly killed by the bullet and Barthou was accidentally shot by a French policeman and also died in the attack The shooter who was identified as Vlado Chernozemski was an experienced marksman and Bulgarian member of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization IMRO an organisation reportedly working under the secret sponsorship of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini The murder of Alexander I was notable for being the one of the first assassinations ever captured on film and remains one of the most notable pieces of newsreel in existence The cameraman who captured the killing also recorded its aftermath which involved the assassin Chernozemski getting cut down by the sword of a mounted French policeman and then beaten to death by the crowdLuis Donaldo Colosio Mexican politician economist and PRI presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio was shot to death on March 23 1994 at a campaign rally in Tijuana Baja California Mexico His murder was captured by a person who was recording the rallyLuis Donaldo Colosio PicAFPThe shooter Mario Aburto Martiacutenez was arrested and convicted for the assassination is currently serving a 42year jail term following his confession that he acted alone There has been a widespread belief that Colosios murder and conviction involved a conspiracy and coverup mainly by then president Carlos Salinas de Gortari and cabinet member Manuel Camacho SoliacutesA screengrab from a news report on Colosios assassination PicYouTubeColosio received three bullet wounds and it was never clear if they could have been done by a single person or not Furthermore authorities were criticized for their poor handling of Mario Aburto Martiacutenez having shaved bathed and given him a prison haircut before showing him to the media which started rumors about whether that man who looked so different from the one arrested was really the murderer