Assassination of Sir Arthur Charles

Assassination of Sir Arthur Charles
Location	Aden
Date	1 September 1965
Attack type	Shooting
Deaths	1
Perpetrators	NLF

The Assassination of Sir Arthur Charles took place on 1 September 1965 during the Aden Emergency. Charles was the speaker of the Aden State Legislative Assembly. He was shot in Wednesday night outside a tennis club by Hasan al-Zagand died shortly afterwards.^[1] Charles had been in Aden since 1959 and was knighted in June 1965.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Contemporary newspaper report accessed 9 March 2015
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↑ "ADEN MURDER Police hunt gunmen.". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). ACT: National Library of Australia. 3 September 1965. p. 5. Retrieved 10 November 2015.

Aden Emergency

High Commissioner Attack(Dec 1963)
Radfan Campaign (Jan-May 1964)
Childrens Party Attack (Dec 1964)
Aden Legislative Council election, 1964
Battle of Dhala (March 1965)
Assassination of Harry Barrie (Aug 1965)
Assassination of Sir Arthur Charles (Sept 1965)
Aden Airport Attack (Sept 1965)
Aden Street Riots (Jan-Feb 1967)
Arab Police Mutiny (Jun 1967)
Battle of the Crater (July 1967)
Withdrawal from Aden (Nov 1967)

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