Shlomo Argov shooting

Title

Shlomo Argov shooting

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Jun 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:03:19

Description

Report on the attempted assassination of Israeli ambassador to the UK, Shlomo Argov, in Park Lane, London on 03/06/82 after a shooting incident. Includes interview with eyewitness, publisher Robert Maxwell; archive interview with Shlomo Argov. Male reporter not identified. (The gunmen were later identified as Hussein Ghassan Said, Marwan al-Banna, and Nawaf al-Rosan, of Abu Nidal’s organisation).

Contributors

Robert Maxwell; Shlomo Argov

Keywords

Israel; London; Crime; UK; Great Britain; Homicide; Dorchester Hotel; Diplomats; Guns; Park Lane; Shlomo Argov

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