Assassination of HYDRA Leaders

The Assassination of HYDRA Leaders was a series of attacks orchestrated by S.H.I.E.L.D. in an attempt to weaken HYDRA.
==Background==
|Phil Coulson kills Daniel Whitehall
Sunil Bakshi was the second-in-command of Daniel Whitehall, the leader of HYDRA in the United States of America.Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 2.01: Shadows Bakshi was captured by Grant Ward and presented to S.H.I.E.L.D. as a present.Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 2.07: The Writing on the Wall Daniel Whitehall was killed during the Battle for the Kree City.Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 2.10: What They Become Twice a year, leaders from HYDRA would have a meeting. Among those who attend the meeting were Whitehall, Octavian Bloom, Baron Strucker, the Banker, the Baroness, and the Sheikh.
Phil Coulson, director of S.H.I.E.L.D., was visibly upset after the death of Antoine Triplett during the Battle for the Kree City, and wanted to ensure that HYDRA was crushed.Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 2.11: Aftershocks Coulson set up an agreement with Glenn Talbot where HYDRA captives would be transferred to his custody.Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 2.02: Heavy is the Head Since Whitehall was dead and they had Bakshi, Coulson came up with a plan that would involve setting Bakshi "free" so he could go to Bloom's mansion, which would help Coulson and his team cut off the remaining heads of HYDRA.
==Assassination==
Octavian Bloom and Sunil Bakshi decided to kill the Sheikh, the Baroness and the Banker with the help of HYDRA agents as they suspected those three leaders of conspiring to assassinate the other leaders. The Sheikh was killed by gas that was released in the limousine that he was in; the Banker was killed by an accountant using a Splinter Bomb inside an elevator and the Baroness was poisoned with a petrifying substance derived from the Diviner in her champagne.
Meanwhile, Lance Hunter and Bobbi Morse were waiting in a car outside when a bunch of HYDRA agents started to shoot at them. They activated the Car defense system which fired bullets at all the agents killing them. After the agents were dead Hunter and Morse drove the car and broke into Bloom's mansion. They killed the remaining HYDRA agents and Hunter shot Bloom in the head. After he killed Bloom, Hunter told Bakshi that Coulson knew him too well and that they promised him to Talbot. Morse and Hunter then took Bakshi into custody and gave him to Glenn Talbot.
==Aftermath==
HYDRA continued to operate based outside the United States of America, however, under the leadership of Baron Strucker, with Doctor List working in bases in the ArcticAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 2.19: The Dirty Half Dozen and in Sokovia. The HYDRA base in Sudan drew the attention of the Avengers.Avengers: Operation HYDRA
Sunil Bakshi would ultimately be kidnapped by Grant Ward and Agent 33 from the custody of Glenn Talbot, and brainwashed into working for them.Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 2.14: Love in the Time of HYDRA
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