1963 Aden airport attack

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Aden airport attack
1963 Aden airport attack
Location Khormaksar Airport, Aden
Coordinates 12°49′46″N045°01′45″E / 12.82944°N 45.02917°E / 12.82944; 45.02917
Date10 December 1963
Attack type
 Bombing
Deaths2
Injured50
Perpetrators NLF

The 1963 Aden airport 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. Henderson later died of his injuries. [2]

The incident led to Britain declaring a state of emergency in South Arabia. [3]

References

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