2021 Military Seizure of Parliament

On April 25, 2021, an attempted military coup, as a continuation of the day's earlier political crisis in Doggerland, occurred on the Parliament of Doggerland at the end of that day's National Assembly. A few hours later, it was resolved and a general order returned to government.

Background
On April 23, 2021, Prime Minister Kenson committed suicide in his office. As a result, Mel Bradley immediately became Prime Minister for a third time. Seeing this as a moment of weakness and fragility in the national government, Bradley fired Theodor Mann from his cabinet position which led to a crisis. Eventually, the Communist Party and Doggerland Left called for a general strike and Ayvind Bjarnason formed the Doggerland Liberation Army which held a terrorist attack against the Parliament Building. Marius Hawyee formed an opposition coalition between the Communist Party, Doggerland Left, Libertarian Party, Volt+Pirates, and several defectors from other parties. PM Bradley was killed by PrisonMike who ascended to the Prime Ministership.

Military Occupation of the National Assembly
On April 25, 2021, at around 7:30pm, Bjarnason led a military coup on the National Assembly, which had been running late that day and intended to dismiss in less than half an hour. Some Parliament members had left earlier due to various events. While many Members of Parliament were held hostage, some managed to escape. Bjarnason reportedly shouted "your leader is dead and you all are powerless" as their guards secured the entrances to the assembly room. Several bombs were detonated during this time, miraculously only causing minor injuries to some Members of Parliament. Elian Aldo, a Member of Parliament, attempted to escape to grab either a telephone or blunt object. They were spotted by a guard, who promptly shot them dead. Dadijo Penguinez, who had flown in to visit Parliament that day (as he was on an official leave of absence, but intended to participate in a debate and vote), was alerted of the situation and called in the National Guard from his hotel room. Eventually, at 22:03, the Guard showed up and attempted to disperse troops. One of Bjarnasson's troops was killed in this altercation. At 22:30, Bjarnasson surrendered and many of his troops either were arrested, or are believed to have fled to the northern mountains, or fled to Estonia. The news broke of Prime Minister Bradley's death shortly after.

Assassination of Balthazar Moss
At around 20:40, Balthazar Moss was shot dead in Moss Park. The perpetrator is currently unknown as an investigation is pending, but it is believed that this incident is linked to these events, despite his son, Baveland Moss, being involved.

Assassination of Mel Bradley
That same day, Bradley had hosted Mike, Moss, Hawyee, and King Moose at a local banquet hall. While consuming their meal, which was significantly larger than necessary to satisfy the diners, Bradley suddenly complained of stomach pains. Less than a minute later, he began vomiting and suffered a seizure. A coroner estimated he died of poisoning and suffocation less than 5 minutes after his initial reaction, at about 21:11. It is suspected that one of the diners poisoned him, but it is currently unknown which one. Upon his death, PrisonMike became Prime Minister, declaring Baveland Moss his unofficial Deputy Prime Minister.

Aftermath
In light of these events, Rune, a neutral party who did not partake in either events, was declared Prime Minister. They had left Parliament two hours before its occupation with Penguinez. They declared Theodor Mann and Hawyee as their Co-Deputy Prime Ministers. It was revealed that the perpetrators were likely involved in various instances of "corruption and voter fraud" that are currently pending investigation.