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Grenade Attack Targets Aden High Commissioner Escort
A hand grenade exploded near Aden Airport as Sir Kennedy Trevaskis and his party prepared to depart for London. A passerby, Mrs Jamnadas Bhagavatli, 38, was killed and 39 others injured including three British officials and several federation ministers. The bomber fled. a state of emergency followed. Authorities questioned gallery spectators. no arrests reported. The incident occurred amid tensions over the federation of Aden and southern Arabia.
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Aden
London
Kennedy Trevaskis
Federation of South Arabia
Yemen
Emirates
Arabia
Middle East
Kennedy
Jamnadas Bhagavatli
India
George Henderson
Ministry of Information
Jim Foster
L. J. Hobson
Trevaskis
Sultan Ahmed bin Abdullah AlFadhil
Information
National Guidance
Hussein bin Amhed Al-Habeili
Interior
Ahmed Al-Shami