High Commissioner attack

High Commissioner attack
LocationKhormaksar Airport, Aden
Date10 December 1963
Attack type
Bombing
Deaths2
Injured50
PerpetratorsNLF

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.

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 the colony.


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