Assassination of Harry Barrie

Assassination of Harry Barrie
Location	Aden
Date	29 August 1965
Target	Harry Barrie
Attack type	Shooting
Deaths	1
Perpetrators	NLF

The Assassination of Harry Barrie occurred on 29 August 1965 and involved the assassination of the head of police, Harry Barrie.

Barrie was driving into a lane leading to his office at the British intelligence centre in The Crater. Seven bullets hit him in the chest, right hand and leg. He died on the way to hospital. It was the first attack on a British police officer although in the previous eight months five Arab members of the Aden police force had been killed and six wounded.^[1]^[2]

References

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↑ "ADEN Police chief slain.". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). ACT: National Library of Australia. 30 August 1965. p. 5. Retrieved 5 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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