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This
category is for
fictional characters who are
assassins or have committed at least one
assassination of a targeted individual (usually a prominent person or public figure), killing them through a stealthy and/or surprise attack. Assassins may be motivated to murder their victim(s) for the sake of executing an ideological or sociopolitical goal, receiving monetary payment from a client who hired them, or fulfilling some sort of personal vendetta.