• Short Summary

    MEN OF THE ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS YESTERDAY (SATURDAY) SHOT AND KILLED TWO ARABS IN ADEN'S CRATER TOWN AFTER A GRENADE ATTACK ON A MOBILE PATROL WHICH SLIGHTLY INJURED ONE SOLDIER AND A SIX-YEAR-OLD ARAB BOY.

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    TROOPS IN ACTION; BODIES OF SHOT ARABS.




    Initials PBS/V/AS/ES



    Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved

    Background: MEN OF THE ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS YESTERDAY (SATURDAY) SHOT AND KILLED TWO ARABS IN ADEN'S CRATER TOWN AFTER A GRENADE ATTACK ON A MOBILE PATROL WHICH SLIGHTLY INJURED ONE SOLDIER AND A SIX-YEAR-OLD ARAB BOY.

    POLICE REPORTED THAT A SOMALI WOMAN WAS ALSO WOUNDED BY STRAY BULLETS WHEN TROOPS FIRED AT THE GRENADE THROWERS.

    ONE OF THOSE KILLED WAS A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY. AN ARMY OFFICER SAID THE BOY HAD A SOVIET-MADE GRENADE TUCKED IN HIS BELT. HE WAS SHOT WHEN HE REFUSED TO STOP WHEN ORDERED TO.

    SINCE JULY 3, WHEN THE ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS REGAINED CRATER, 26 ARABS HAVE BEEN KILLED, INCLUDING SEVEN KILLED BETWEEN FRIDAY AND YESTERDAY.

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    Film ID:
    VLVA3J89VSZ9QDCLKTOIKT7BY2MU2
    Media URN:
    VLVA3J89VSZ9QDCLKTOIKT7BY2MU2
    Group:
    Reuters - Including Visnews
    Archive:
    Reuters
    Issue Date:
    22/10/1967
    Sound:
    Unknown
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:31:00
    Time in/Out:
    /
    Canister:
    N/A

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