NationStates Jolt Archive


Assassination attempt on Elected Leaders life

Cotland
10-01-2005, 03:17
RIDGESTED/COTLANDSTAD (CFP): Earlier today, at 12 noon, Elected Leader Thomas Rothsky were to open a new elementary school in Ridgested, 40 kilometers outside the Cottish capitol Cotlandstad.

When Elected Leader Rothsky was to cut the ribbon and open the school, a unidentified gunman opened fire towards the Elected Leader. A bodyguard from the Electorial Guards saw the gunman pulling out the weapon and managed to get Rothsky out of the line of fire. The assassin fired of a total of 15 bullets, of which the bodyguard caught 12. He was rushed to the hospital, but the doctors were not able to salvage his life. The remaining bullets hit several pedestrians, but fortunately no-one was badly hurt.

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Elected Leader Rothsky being rushed away in a Army helicopter.

Elected Leader Rothsky was rushed away from the scene immediately, while the Electorial Guards and local police opened fire at the assassin. A total of 463 rounds was fired by the law enforcement officers and soldiers towards the assassin, which was shot dead.

The latest reports from Ridgested indicate that the assassin was a member of the Ban Technology Sect, a terrorist organization that strives to rid the world of technology. They have stricken in Cotland before, but never at this scale.

CFP will come back with more when we get it.