They still don't know if it was by loyalists or by some people who disagreed with the politics of the man, but the leader of the rebel military was taken out in an ambush. This can lead to some serious trouble if a firm chain of command hasn't been set up.
"Freedom is the dignity of men. The proof that he is thinking, judging, that he is not the digestive system that the modern time has made of him. May the modern time be the beginning of the awakening of the sleeping souls." -Captain Harlock