Assassination is a crime that evokes a sense of mystery mixed with indignation, and terror.
There is a certain mystique about it that lends some glamour to this general of crime. The attendant publicity guarantees an immortal notorie ty to the perpetrator. It exposes the fact that even the power ful are vulnerable despute protection. The consequences of this ghastly crime are manifold - economic, social, political and Psychological. The progress of civilisation has not reduced the frequency of assassinations and attempts at assassination.