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CBC: What does international law say about targeted killings?

 


It certainly wasn't the first time a government was accused of orchestrating a killing on foreign soil, but observers around the world were nonetheless shocked by Prime Minister's Justin Trudeau's allegation on Monday that India's leaders had a hand in killing a Canadian citizen earlier this year in B.C.

India has strongly denied any connection to the killing of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who had been labelled a terrorist by New Delhi over his support of an independent Khalistani state.

Such killings are usually pinned on the likes of Saudi Arabia or Russia.

But extra-territorial assassinations aren't just for rogue states and can sometimes even be justified under international law. Sometimes ...

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