Following up on the assasin

https://x.com/louisvillegun/status/1864452541397819899?s=46&t=XvAlLqitJqAreBn6cADzNw

First day on the job dressed to impress.

December 9 updates

Riley Walz explaining how he found where the United Healthcare CEO murderer probably fled to using Citi bike data

12/4/24 https://t.co/mByAm2MaVd pic.twitter.com/PmJ5NR4NJn

— anant sinha (@siliconvmg) December 4, 2024

A "professional assassin" is a person who is hired to kill someone, usually for money, and who carries out the act with a high level of skill and secrecy, often targeting prominent individuals or figures for political or criminal reasons; essentially, a highly trained murderer who is paid to kill on demand.

Hired killers:
They are not motivated by personal vendettas but are paid to commit murder by someone else

Targeted killings:
They typically focus on specific individuals, not random victims

High level of skill:
Professional assassins are expected to be highly trained in stealth, weapons handling, and planning to avoid detection #CitiBike

Political or criminal motives:
Assassination can be used for political reasons, organized crime activities, or personal vendettas.

Synonyms: Hitman, contract killer, hired killer, hatchet man, liquidator, slayer, torpedo, cutthroat butcher, enforcer, executioner plugger etc.

Hashishin
The name "Assassin" is often said to derive from the Arabic word Hashishin or "users of hashish", which was originally applied to the Assassins Isma'ilis by the rival Mustali Isma'ilis during the fall of the Isma'ili Fatimid Empire and the separation of the two Isma'ili streams.

https://x.com/matt_moebius/status/1864523552638046536?s=46&t=XvAlLqitJqAreBn6cADzNw