The High Commissioner Attack was an incident which saw the beginning of the
Aden Emergency. Arab nationalists of the
NLF made a
grenade
A grenade is an explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade), but can also refer to a shell (explosive projectile) shot from the muzzle of a rifle (as a rifle grenade) or a grenade launcher. A modern hand grenade genera ...
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
A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to be able to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens. A government can declare such a state du ...
in South Arabia.
"Terrorist Grenade Attack", ''Nashua Telegraph'', 9 June 1965
accessed 4 November 2013
References
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External links
Aden Emergency
at the Argylls Website
Aden Emergency
at National Army Museum
Conflicts in 1963
Aden Emergency
Failed assassination attempts in Asia
Deaths by hand grenade
December 1963 events in Asia
1963 in the Federation of South Arabia