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>I was doing homework one night and the building next door's top 2 floors were blown up because some banker had a hit placed on his head... Wait. What? Did th

>I was doing homework one night and the building next door's top 2 floors were blown up because some banker had a hit placed on his head... Wait. What? Did this really happen somewhere? (Sorry for the question if it's stupid, I just was unaware of all of this.)

onetimemanytime 8y ago
Of course it happens, less in USA and only because FBI will send 500 agents to find the killer. Killing a billionaire or a politician it's hard and risky but that only increases the price. Boom or bust
- bilbo0s 8y ago
  Yeah, but where did this happen? I mean, what city? and when? I'd just like to read about what happened.
  - hourislate 8y ago
    I would guess Russia.
    - onetimemanytime 8y ago
      Aluminum wars https://www.google.com/search?q=+Aluminium+Wars https://www.google.com/search?q=+Aluminium+Wars Almost certain that there's a market: want X killed? It will cost you this much.
  - onetimemanytime 8y ago
    One https://www.reuters.com/article/us-albania-banks-shooting-idUSKBN0F115720140626 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-albania-banks-shooting-id...
  - rdtsc 8y ago
    Not gonna say the exact place and city not sure it matters. But seeing people's couches, tables, kitchens, toys all exposed via a big hole in the building was pretty surreal and kind of hard to forget. Pretty sure I didn't dream that, as you seem to be wondering. The amazing thing is nobody got killed, many people in the surrounding apartment were lucky, or not home. Even the banker was not killed.
- bodi 8y ago
  > FBI will send 500 agents to find the killer. Dont forget that during the peaceful protests of #occupywallstreet the American FBI drafted plans to assasinate every identifiable “leader” of the movement including majority of US citizens. Make no mistake, although some individual FBI agents may still be loyal to their country, as an agency the FBI is treasonous and has been bought and sold to the true power brokers of the world for decades.
  - isoskeles 8y ago
    I don't understand why you'd choose to believe something like this. Assassinating the leaders of #occupywallstreet was simply unnecessary, hence why it didn't ever happen.
  - somebadguy 8y ago
    Mate you need to get some professional help.
  - jacobush 8y ago
    I think it has been sold, but only to the extent and the legislature itself has been. Which is still a worrying amount.
rdtsc 8y ago
> Did this really happen somewhere? It was in Eastern Europe. I was about 15 at the time based on remembering the friend I called after it happened. Assassinations were pretty common, granted not using bombs like that especially in a busy residential area.
- browsercoin 8y ago
  > Did this really happen somewhere? > was in Eastern Europe. ah.
- Veen 8y ago
  When I lived in Sofia, Bulgaria for a few months, I stayed on the ground floor of an apartment building with a wealthy family on the top floor. The place was constantly surrounded by plain-clothed armed guards: four or five stood outside on the road, more in the lobby. I used to chat with them when I went onto the balcony for a smoke. As a British person, it was quite an eye-opener to see all these guys wandering about with pistols on their belts.
coldtea 8y ago
Such things happen all the time all around the world, but even more so in Eastern Europe, Latin America, SE Asia, and so on. You could fill pages with such things in a place like Mexico... Some examples from a quick search and mainly focused on bankers -- if expand it to business magnates in general, there are tons of such cases... https://www.businessinsider.com/r-the-silencing-of-maltas-anti-corruption-campaigner-2018-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/r-the-silencing-of-maltas-an... https://www.theguardian.com/business/2003/dec/07/italy.theobserver https://www.theguardian.com/business/2003/dec/07/italy.theob... https://www.businessinsider.com.au/banker-sex-scandals-2011-5 https://www.businessinsider.com.au/banker-sex-scandals-2011-... https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/may/12/roberto-calvi-blackfriars-bridge-mafia https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/may/12/roberto-calvi-bla... https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-doral-bank-murder/ https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-doral-bank-murder/ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/gangster-bankers-too-big-to-jail-102004/ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/gangster... https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-13/inside-look-two-most-fascinating-banker-suicides-reveals-how-deep-rabbit-hole-truly- https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-13/inside-look-two-mo... https://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/shocking-video-fuels-claims-bankers-suicides-are-cover-up-for-huge-global-scandal/ https://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/shocking-video-fuels-claim... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/billionaire-who-blew-whistle-on-russian-cash-scandal-is-killed-in-monte-carlo-1130020.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/billionaire-who-blew-whis... https://www.npr.org/2018/07/22/630866527/mastermind-behind-malta-journalist-killing-remains-a-mystery?t=1540924531299 https://www.npr.org/2018/07/22/630866527/mastermind-behind-m...

onetimemanytime 8y ago

Of course it happens, less in USA and only because FBI will send 500 agents to find the killer. Killing a billionaire or a politician it's hard and risky but that only increases the price. Boom or bust

bilbo0s 8y ago
Yeah, but where did this happen? I mean, what city? and when? I'd just like to read about what happened.
- hourislate 8y ago
  I would guess Russia.
  - onetimemanytime 8y ago
    Aluminum wars https://www.google.com/search?q=+Aluminium+Wars https://www.google.com/search?q=+Aluminium+Wars Almost certain that there's a market: want X killed? It will cost you this much.
- onetimemanytime 8y ago
  One https://www.reuters.com/article/us-albania-banks-shooting-idUSKBN0F115720140626 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-albania-banks-shooting-id...
- rdtsc 8y ago
  Not gonna say the exact place and city not sure it matters. But seeing people's couches, tables, kitchens, toys all exposed via a big hole in the building was pretty surreal and kind of hard to forget. Pretty sure I didn't dream that, as you seem to be wondering. The amazing thing is nobody got killed, many people in the surrounding apartment were lucky, or not home. Even the banker was not killed.
bodi 8y ago
> FBI will send 500 agents to find the killer. Dont forget that during the peaceful protests of #occupywallstreet the American FBI drafted plans to assasinate every identifiable “leader” of the movement including majority of US citizens. Make no mistake, although some individual FBI agents may still be loyal to their country, as an agency the FBI is treasonous and has been bought and sold to the true power brokers of the world for decades.
- isoskeles 8y ago
  I don't understand why you'd choose to believe something like this. Assassinating the leaders of #occupywallstreet was simply unnecessary, hence why it didn't ever happen.
- somebadguy 8y ago
  Mate you need to get some professional help.
- jacobush 8y ago
  I think it has been sold, but only to the extent and the legislature itself has been. Which is still a worrying amount.

rdtsc 8y ago

> Did this really happen somewhere? It was in Eastern Europe. I was about 15 at the time based on remembering the friend I called after it happened. Assassinations were pretty common, granted not using bombs like that especially in a busy residential area.

browsercoin 8y ago
> Did this really happen somewhere? > was in Eastern Europe. ah.
Veen 8y ago
When I lived in Sofia, Bulgaria for a few months, I stayed on the ground floor of an apartment building with a wealthy family on the top floor. The place was constantly surrounded by plain-clothed armed guards: four or five stood outside on the road, more in the lobby. I used to chat with them when I went onto the balcony for a smoke. As a British person, it was quite an eye-opener to see all these guys wandering about with pistols on their belts.

coldtea 8y ago

Such things happen all the time all around the world, but even more so in Eastern Europe, Latin America, SE Asia, and so on. You could fill pages with such things in a place like Mexico... Some examples from a quick search and mainly focused on bankers -- if expand it to business magnates in general, there are tons of such cases... https://www.businessinsider.com/r-the-silencing-of-maltas-anti-corruption-campaigner-2018-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/r-the-silencing-of-maltas-an... https://www.theguardian.com/business/2003/dec/07/italy.theobserver https://www.theguardian.com/business/2003/dec/07/italy.theob... https://www.businessinsider.com.au/banker-sex-scandals-2011-5 https://www.businessinsider.com.au/banker-sex-scandals-2011-... https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/may/12/roberto-calvi-blackfriars-bridge-mafia https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/may/12/roberto-calvi-bla... https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-doral-bank-murder/ https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-doral-bank-murder/ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/gangster-bankers-too-big-to-jail-102004/ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/gangster... https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-13/inside-look-two-most-fascinating-banker-suicides-reveals-how-deep-rabbit-hole-truly- https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-13/inside-look-two-mo... https://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/shocking-video-fuels-claims-bankers-suicides-are-cover-up-for-huge-global-scandal/ https://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/shocking-video-fuels-claim... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/billionaire-who-blew-whistle-on-russian-cash-scandal-is-killed-in-monte-carlo-1130020.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/billionaire-who-blew-whis... https://www.npr.org/2018/07/22/630866527/mastermind-behind-malta-journalist-killing-remains-a-mystery?t=1540924531299 https://www.npr.org/2018/07/22/630866527/mastermind-behind-m...