Doorman on giving chase to gunman
- Title
- Doorman on giving chase to gunman
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 16 Mar 1979
- Year of production
- 1979
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- Duration
- 00:02:58
- Description
- Unidentified doorman at the Intercontinental Hotel describes chasing and apprehending a man following a shooting at the hotel. He says he was putting tennis star Jimmy Connors into a car when he heard the shots and gave chase. Despite being shot at, he caught the man and took him to the Police. Female interviewer not identified. (The gunman’s target had been former Iraqi prime minister Abd ar-Razzaq al-Naif, in June 1978).
- Contributors
- None Identified
- Keywords
- London; Crime; Terrorism; Smoking; Homicide; Hotels; Guns; Firearms; Iraq; Security personnel; Intercontinental Hotel; Jimmy Connors; Abd ar-Razzaq al-Naif
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