Assassination of King Daniel IV

"Oh my goodness! Someone has killed the king! Quickly, somebody stop him!"

- A bystander after witnessing the assassination

The Assassination of King Daniel IV was an event which happened in 28 BBY on the planet Earth. The King of the Zarkan Kingdom and the Emperor of the Zarkan Empire, Daniel IV, was assassinated in Parliament Square, located in Zarkan City, the capital of the Zarkan Kingdom, whilst he was on his way to witness a session of the Zarkanian Parliament.

Whilst he was walking through Parliament Square a lone gunman came up behind him and shot him in the back multiple times, the gunman was Samuel Sutton, he was insane and delusional, he had been let out of the asylum on day release. Believing himself to be the "Liberator of the Colonies" he decided to assassinate the king in order to give the colonies the courage to begin an uprising, knowing of Daniel IV's route and routine he went to a gun shop and bought himself a gun before walking to Parliament Square.

After he got there he noticed the king leisurely strolling through the gardens, the Royal Guard were slightly complacent, no danger had directly threatened a monarch of the Zarkan Kingdom for centuries, taking advantage of the situation Sutton came up behind the king and shot him four times in the back whilst shouting "Freedom for the Colonies!".

Sutton attempted to escape, but was swiftly subdued, the witnesses wanted to lynch him but they were stopped by the Royal Guard, he took him away for imprisonment.

The king hadn't been killed immediately, he survived a further two days before dying of his wounds. Samuel Sutton was charged with regicide and high treason, and was publically hung in Parliament Square, his last words were "I did what I had to do for liberty!".

Following the assassination the security of the royal family was greatly increased. For the next week the nation mourned for Daniel IV, after the week of mourning ended Daniel IV's daughter, Jane Zarkan, had her coronation and was crowned Queen Jane I.