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Recent Examples of assailant
The assailant in Saturday’s attack is described as having a dark complexion and was last seen wearing a black ski mask, a black sweatshirt and a black mask, plus sunglasses.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
The assailants are domestic extremists whose aim is to further an agenda of tyrants and oligarchs.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025
The attack lasted several minutes before the assailant was stopped by a passerby near the city's Dam Square in the late afternoon.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
One of the assailants then ran to the BMW and forced a passenger out at gunpoint while the other got into a getaway car.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
The assailants are domestic extremists whose aim is to further an agenda of tyrants and oligarchs.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025
The attack lasted several minutes before the assailant was stopped by a passerby near the city's Dam Square in the late afternoon.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
One of the assailants then ran to the BMW and forced a passenger out at gunpoint while the other got into a getaway car.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Assailant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assailant. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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