High Commissioner attack

High Commissioner attack
Location Khormaksar Airport, Aden
Date 10 December 1963
Attack type
Bombing
Deaths 2
Non-fatal injuries
50
Assailants NLF

The High Commissioner Attack was an incident which saw the beginning of the Aden Emergency. Arab nationalists of the NLF made a grenade attack against the British High Commissioner, Sir Kennedy Trevaskis, killing one person and injuring 50.[1]

George Henderson, the assistant high commissioner, saved Sir Kennedy's life by pushing him out of the way. He later died of his injuries.[2]

The incident led to Britain declaring a state of emergency in the colony.[3]

References

  1. "Grenade Thrown Into Aden Airport; 1 Dead.". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) (ACT: National Library of Australia). 11 December 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  2. "News In Brief.". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) (ACT: National Library of Australia). 3 January 1964. p. 3. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  3. "Terrorist Grenade Attack", Nashua Telegraph, 9 June 1965 accessed 4 November 2013

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