aggressor:

(plural: ‘aggressors‘)

a gang of young aggressors attacking a young man

a person (or a country) that first starts a quarrel, fight, war with another without any reasonable cause, usually a stronger person or country attacking a weaker person or country; an attacker; an assailant;

a person who secretly encourages other people to do something wrong or violent;

an instigator,

some soldiers from an aggressor (country) attacking
e.g.

Americans say Islamic fanatics are the aggressors who start fights, and the Islamic fanatics say Americans with their greedy policies start spoiling the sacred Islamic world and killing innocent Muslims.

When the protesters were marching peacefully, some aggressors joined them and instigated/encouraged the peaceful protesters to turn into a violent mob, and the police fired shots and several innocent people died.

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