Assassination of Enrico Berlinguer

Assassination of Enrico Berlinguer
The area Berlinguer was assassinated as it appears today
Location	Nara, Japan
Date	11 June 1982
Target	Enrico Berlinguer
Attack type	Suicide attack
Weapons	Sword
Deaths	2 (including perpetrator)
Perpetrator	Yukio Mishima

Enrico Berlinguer, the prime minister of Italy and the leader of the Italian Communist Party, was assassinated by Japanese author Yukio Mishima on 11 June 1982 during a diplomatic session with representatives of the Co-Prosperity Sphere in Nara, Japan.