The 1963 Aden airport attack was an incident which saw the beginning of the
Aden Emergency
The Aden Emergency, also known as the 14 October Revolution () or as the Radfan Uprising, was an armed rebellion by the National Liberation Front (South Yemen), National Liberation Front (NLF) and the Front for the Liberation of Occupied South ...
. Arab nationalists of the
NLF made a
grenade
A grenade is a small explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade), but can also refer to a Shell (projectile), shell (explosive projectile) shot from the muzzle of a rifle (as a rifle grenade) or a grenade launcher. A mod ...
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 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 before, during, o ...
in South Arabia.
"Terrorist Grenade Attack", ''Nashua Telegraph'', 9 June 1965
accessed 4 November 2013
References
External links
Aden Emergency
at the Argylls Website
Aden Emergency
at National Army Museum
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Failed assassination attempts in Yemen
Deaths by hand grenade
December 1963 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