Killing a head of state is hard to do. Assassination attempts rarely succeed. Yet in a matter of minutes he would have the leaders of four countries in his crosshairs.
He was not a zealot. Nor did he claim the self-importance of an artist. He was a skilled laborer, one whose particular skills would mean at least 5 million US in his Caribbean account by nightfall.
The first kill would have to be the U.S. President, then whomever had the misfortune to be standing at his left side. A career of practice proved that moving the barrel of his sniper rifle a bare centimeter to the right was smoother and faster than to the left.
The President was delusional. But, the sniper reasoned, that was what made him worth 2.5 million US dollars!