Assassination of Jorge Montt Álvarez

Assassination of Jorge Montt Álvarez
Part of Rakeoian nationalist terrorism
A depiction of the bombing.
Location	Antonio-Cylon Main Theater, San Miguel de Martínez, Rakeo, Creeperopolis
Date	1 May 1867 (1867-05-01)
Target	Captain General Jorge Montt Álvarez
Attack type	Assassination, bombing
Weapons	"Arjena" bomb
Deaths	23
Injured	36
Perpetrators	Rakeoian Sovereignty Front
Assailants	Josuo Havat Rajano Cevey Ana Genati
No. of participants	3
Motive	Anti-Creeperian sentiment Anti-colonial sentiment

The assassination of Jorge Guillermo y José Montt Álvarez occurred on 1 May 1867 at the Antonio-Cylon Main Theater in San Miguel de Martínez, Rakeo, which at the time, was a colony of Creeperopolis. The assassination was carried out by three members of the Rakeoian Sovereignty Front (RSF) as a part of the group's efforts to overthrow the Creeperian military government governing the territory and attain independence for Rakeo.

Plot

A drawing of a device similar to the one used in the assassination.

It is believed that one of the assailants was supposed to carry out the assassination itself, with the others somehow aiding in their escape following the act, however, the exact details of the plot are unclear. Cevey had begun work on the Arjena bomb a year prior, and his workshop yielded several other similar devices, although it is unknown if they were prototypes or variants. The Arjena bomb itself was a contact explosive using mercury fulminate and around 1.8kg of gunpowder.

Assailants

Josuo Havat

Josuo Havat (12 July 1836 – 1 May 1876, aged 39) was a bartender at a local establishment in San Miguel de Martínez. He joined the Rakeoian Sovereignty Front two years prior to the attack, citing grievances with the authorities' handling of a family dispute, as well as resentment towards Creeperans and Catholics, who he saw as harming his field of employment.

Rajano Cevey

Rajano Cevey (4 January 1825 – died) was a chemist studying applications of explosive in mining. He was responsible for creation of the bomb according to testimony from the two other assailants. His motives for joining the Rakeoian Sovereignty Front are unknown.

Ana Genati

Ana Genati (2 April 1847 – ???) was a servant of a nearby Creeperian-owned estate. In her testimony, said that she was hired for a large sum of money to "cause a disturbance" in front of the theater, and was not aware of exactly aware of the details. In later questioning, this was contradicted.

Assassination

According to bystanders, a fight broke out just prior to the intermission between a two men, a woman, and an attendant. The attendant was alerted when they tried to enter the theatre without paying, and blocked them with the aid of an usher. At 6PM, when the performance was supposed to resume, a male bomb thrower made it to the stage, and an explosion followed.

In the ensuing chaos, rescuers brought wounded into the street, where doctors tried to stem the worse injuries. The man who throw the bomb was identified as among the wounded.

Cevey, the Arjena bomb's designer, outlined the actions as an abortive attempt to breach the front doors, followed by a secondary plan to sneak in the back. Genati, whose role in the assassination is unclear, said that her role was as a distraction, likely for Havat to get to the rear entrance. She alleged that only Havat and Cevey knew the ultimate goal of the scheme, and that she was not an RSF member, but her knowledge of the working of the bomb suggested that she may have originally been the bomber.

See also

• Rakeoian Sovereignty Front