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== Events == | == Events == | ||
* January 23 - [[Al-Nusra Front]] is founded as [[Al-Qaeda]]'s branch in Syria. | * January 23 - [[Al-Nusra Front]] is founded as [[Al-Qaeda]]'s branch in Syria. | ||
* February 26 - 17-year old Trayvon Martin is killed by [[George Zimmerman]] in a highly controversial shooting in Sanford, Florida. | |||
* February 26 - 17-year old Trayvon Martin is killed by George Zimmerman in a highly controversial shooting in Sanford, Florida. | |||
* February 27 - [[TJ Lane|Chardon High School shooting]] | * February 27 - [[TJ Lane|Chardon High School shooting]] | ||
* March 11 - Staff Sergeant [[Robert Bales]] goes on a killing spree while stationed in Afghanistan, killing sixteen civilians and wounding six others in the Panjwayi District of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. | * March 11 - Staff Sergeant [[Robert Bales]] goes on a killing spree while stationed in Afghanistan, killing sixteen civilians and wounding six others in the Panjwayi District of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. | ||
* April 2 - [[One L. Goh|Oikos University shooting]] | * April 2 - [[One L. Goh|Oikos University shooting]] | ||
* May 7 - [[Vladimir Putin]] is elected President of Russia for the second time. | |||
* May 7 - [[Vladimir Putin]] is elected President of Russia for the second time | * May 25 - [[Luka Magnotta]] uploads his homemade [[Snuff Film|snuff film]] ''1 Lunactic, 1 Ice Pick'' to www.bestgore.com. The video depicts Magnotta horrificly and gruesomely mutilating, torturing, and [[cannibal]]izing the man, including performing acts of [[necrophilia]]. The victim in the video is identified as 33-year-old Jun Lin. This begins an international manhunt for Magnotta. | ||
* May 25 - [[Luka Magnotta]] uploads his homemade [[Snuff Film|snuff film]] ''1 | |||
* June 2 - Former Egyptian President [[Hosni Mubarak]] is sentenced to life in prison for ordering the [[murder]] of peaceful protesters in February 2011. | * June 2 - Former Egyptian President [[Hosni Mubarak]] is sentenced to life in prison for ordering the [[murder]] of peaceful protesters in February 2011. | ||
* June 4 - Luka Magnotta is captured by Berlin Police at an Internet café in the Neukölln district while reading news stories about himself. | * June 4 - Luka Magnotta is captured by Berlin Police at an Internet café in the Neukölln district while reading news stories about himself. | ||
* July 20 - [[James Holmes]] kills 12 people and injures 70 others in a [[Mass Shooting|mass shooting]] at the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. | |||
* July 20 - [[James Holmes]] kills 12 people and injures 70 others in a [[Mass Shooting|mass shooting]] | |||
* August 5 - [[Wade Michael Page]] kills 7 people and injures 3 others before committing suicide as part of the Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting. | * August 5 - [[Wade Michael Page]] kills 7 people and injures 3 others before committing suicide as part of the Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting. | ||
* September 5 - [[Samuel Little]] is arrested in connection with three [[murder]]s committed in the 1980's. | * September 5 - [[Samuel Little]] is arrested in connection with three [[murder]]s committed in the 1980's. | ||
* September 11 to 12 - [[2012 Benghazi attack]]: militants from [[Ansar | * September 11 to 12 - [[2012 Benghazi attack]]: militants from [[Ansar-Al Sharia]] attack the US diplomatic compound and CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya, killing four and injuring eleven. | ||
* December 10 - Beginning of the Central African Republic Civil War. | * December 10 - Beginning of the Central African Republic Civil War. | ||
* December 14 – Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: | * December 14 – Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the [[Adam Lanza|gunman]], are killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. | ||
== Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
=== Villain | === Villain Deaths === | ||
* January 8 - [[Edward Muscare]] | * January 8 - [[Edward Muscare]] | ||
* January 11 - [[Katherine Dufresne]] | * January 11 - [[Katherine Dufresne]] | ||
* August 5 - [[Wade Michael Page]] | * August 5 - [[Wade Michael Page]] | ||
* October 7 - [[Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano]] | * October 7 - [[Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano]] | ||
* November 21 - [[Ajmal Kasab]] | * November 21 - [[Ajmal Kasab]] | ||
* December 1 - [[Jovan Belcher]] | * December 1 - [[Jovan Belcher]] | ||
* December 14 - [[Adam Lanza]] | * December 14 - [[Adam Lanza]] | ||
=== Victim | === Victim Deaths === | ||
* February 26 - Trayvon Martin | * February 26 - Trayvon Martin | ||
* May 25 - Jun Lin | |||
* May 25 - | |||
* July 6 - Skylar Neese | * July 6 - Skylar Neese | ||
* September 11 - J. Christopher Stevens and Sean Smith | * September 11 - J. Christopher Stevens and Sean Smith | ||
* September 12 - Tyrone S. Woods and Glen Doherty | * September 12 - Tyrone S. Woods and Glen Doherty | ||