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Alexandros (Alekos) Schinas
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Alexandros Schinas arrested.
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Alexandros Schinas
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On March 18, 1913, at around 5:15 PM,
Schinas (who was around 40 at the time) shot King George
I
in the back from a distance of two paces while the
king was walking in Thessaloniki near the White Tower.
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The victim
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King George I of Greece
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King George I of Greece
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King George I of Greece dead