When a person is on the toilet, moving bowels, they are in a particularly vulnerable position.
They are exposing parts of their body that are usually covered up, which leaves them susceptible to harm.
No wonder, many assassins chose to strike when their victims were in this particular state of defenselessness.
Let us look at some famous assassinations from the past executed in the toilet.
A medieval toilet, also known as a garderobe.
Sweyn died in February 1014 and his son Cnut was declared the new king.
After regaining the throne, the royal family set about strengthening its hold on the country.
People who had sided with the Danes were punished, and some were killed.
A 13th century illustration showing the Battle of Assandun, a peace treaty, and Edmund Ironsides death.
thelred died in 1016 making Edmund the king.
Edmund received Wessex while Cnut took Mercia and probably Northumbria.
Jaromir, Duke of Bohemia
A bust of Jaromir in the Czech Republic.
Photo:Karelj/Wikimedia
Jaromir was the second son of Boleslav II, Duke of Bohemia.
The Polish king lost all patience and finally deprived him of power.
As punishment, Boleslav was blinded and imprisoned.
The Emperor, instead, locked him up for 21 years in a dungeon in Utrecht.
Fortunately, Ulrich soon died and Jaromir was released.
He also played a crucial role in helping King Henry subdue the Saxons in 1075.
Several years later, Dirk V, with the support of Robert, sought to reclaim his inheritance.
The assassin attacked Godfrey with a spear while he was relieving himself at night, fatally wounding him.
Godfrey died seven days later as a result of his injuries.
Wenceslaus was crowned king of Hungary in 1301.
The sixteen-year-old Wenceslaus led a dissolute life.
He was surrounded by a group of young Czech noblemen, to whom he made large land grants.
But before he could begin, he was murdered at the Olomouc Castle in 1306.
He too was sitting in the toilet.
Nagao Torachiyo was the third son of the head of Echigo province in northeastern Japan.
With the death of his father in 1543, the familys control of the area began to disintegrate.
Despite his battles with Takeda Shingen, a renowned general, neither side gained a permanent advantage.
