| Aden airport attack | |
|---|---|
| Location | Khormaksar Airport, Aden |
| Date | 10 December 1963 |
| Attack type | Bombing |
| Deaths | 2 |
| Injured | 50 |
| Perpetrators | NLF |
| Aden Emergency | |
|---|---|
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| British Order of Battle |
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.
George Henderson, the assistant high commissioner, saved Sir Kennedy's life by pushing him out of the way. Henderson later died of his injuries.
The incident led to Britain declaring a state of emergency in South Arabia.
References
- "Grenade Thrown Into Aden Airport; 1 Dead". The Canberra Times. 11 December 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 6 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- "News In Brief". The Canberra Times. 3 January 1964. p. 3. Retrieved 6 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Terrorist Grenade Attack", Nashua Telegraph, 9 June 1965 accessed 4 November 2013
External links
- Aden Emergency at the Argylls Website
- Aden Emergency at National Army Museum
Categories:
- Aden Emergency
- Failed assassination attempts in Yemen
- Deaths by hand grenade
- December 1963 events in Asia
- 1963 in the Federation of South Arabia
- Grenade attacks in Yemen
- Explosions in 1963
- Murder 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 1963
- Terrorist incidents in Aden
- Terrorist incidents in Asia in 1963