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| Children's Party attack | |
|---|---|
| Location | RAF Khormaksar, Aden |
| Date | December 1964 |
| Attack type | Bombing |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Injured | 4 |
| Perpetrators | NLF |
| Aden Emergency | |
|---|---|
| 1963
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| British Order of Battle |
The Children's Party attack was an attack which took place during the Aden Emergency. Terrorists threw a grenade into a children's party being held at the RAF Khormaksar. One girl was killed (Gillian Sidey, daughter of Air Commodore E. Sidey) and four children wounded.
It was part of a general outbreak of violence around Christmas in Aden 1964: on 26 December Inspector Fadhl Khalil of Aden Special Branch was shot dead when terrorists fired at him and four other policemen in the bazaar at Crater Town. On Christmas Eve, a British sentry shot dead an Arab.
References
- "Urban Terrorism", Aden Emergency Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine at Britain's Small Wars
- Reuter, A. P., and B. U. P. "Aden alert as terrorists kill police chief." Sunday Times 27 Dec. 1964: 2. The Sunday Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 Apr. 2014.
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- Terrorist incidents in Asia in 1964
- December 1964 events in Asia
- 1964 in the Federation of South Arabia
- 1964 murders in Asia
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- Grenade attacks in Yemen
- Murder in Aden
- Terrorist incidents in Aden
- Terrorist attacks on airports in Yemen
- Attacks on airbases in Yemen
- Attacks on military installations in the 1960s
- Attacks on buildings and structures in 1964