Plot to kill Rheinmetall chief executive Armin Papperger foiled
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records a foiled plot to kill Rheinmetall chief executive Armin Papperger, which CNN reported US and German officials disrupted; the dataset dates it to about March 2024. It codes the incident as assassination (plot), apparent goal disrupt (military) aid to Ukraine, target industrialist(s), location Germany; the dataset records it as running from March 2024 to July 2024, and the date shown is the start of that period. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 March 2024
- Where
- Germany, Germany
- What
- other
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
- Evidence Leiden University, Russian Operations Against Europe dataset
- Evidence CNN
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "Plot to kill Rheinmetall chief executive Armin Papperger foiled", ev-20261027-4z6b, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-4z6b/