High Commissioner attack explained

High Commissioner attack
Location:Khormaksar Airport, Aden
Date:10 December 1963
Type:Bombing
Perpetrators:NLF
Fatalities:2
Injuries:50

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. Henderson later died of his injuries.[2]

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

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Notes and References

  1. News: Grenade Thrown Into Aden Airport; 1 Dead. . . 11 December 1963 . 6 November 2015 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: News In Brief. . . 3 January 1964 . 6 November 2015 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19650609&id=vhpbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=404NAAAAIBAJ&pg=7220,3803027 "Terrorist Grenade Attack", Nashua Telegraph, 9 June 1965