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Lipany, Novgova- Kenneth Sterling, President of the Democratic Union of Novgova, has been gravely injured by shrapnel wounds to the chest and left arm due to a military-issue fragmentation grenade while on the front steps of the Parliament Building. He was leaving a meeting with senators after discussing plans for a new national train system when a fragmentation grenade was thrown from somewhere in a crowd of onlookers and exploded in front of the President. The President was rushed to St. Andrew's Medical Center and is in stable but serious condition.

Two bodyguards lost their lives protecting the president. A third is in serious conditions and is not expected to survive. Twenty-five others were injured with various degrees of injury from cuts to punctured organs.
The motive of the attack is unknown and the identities of the attackers is unknown at this time. However, one person was taken into custody following the incident.

Sir,

I wish to express my condolences to the families of the agents killed in the duty of protecting your nation's President and wish the President a speedy recovery.

Please be assured that the ICC will be able to assist you in the investigation of this assassination attempt, although such a crime falls outside our mandate of holding a trial as this can only be held in your country.

The ICC: www.brunswickbuffet.com/ICC.html

Sir,

I wish to express my condolences to the families of the agents killed in the duty of protecting your nation's President and wish the President a speedy recovery.

Please be assured that the ICC will be able to assist you in the investigation of this assassination attempt, although such a crime falls outside our mandate of holding a trial as this can only be held in your country.

The ICC: www.brunswickbuffet.com/ICC.html

We thank you for your condolences. Understandibly, the nation is still in shock at the tragic ordeal.

We believe at the current time that the attack was done by a citizen of Novgova. As soon as Capital Police and the Lipany Police turn him over to the Criminal Investigations Bureau, he will be questioned and then charged with the attempted assassination of a president, and treason.


Prime Minister
Georgy Innokenti

Breaking News

Lipany, Novgova- The person in custody has been questioned and now charged with the attempted assassination of the president. He has been identified as Colonel Alexei Radik of the Novgovan Army, 41, a veteran of the Obebian conflict and dozens of classified and claudestine operations throughout the 1990s.

Strangely, Capital Police are hesitant to release the motive to the public. Even more strangely, the Capital Police are refusing to transfer the Colonel to either the the State Police or Military Police. It is unknown whether this decision has anything to do with the motive at this time.