Assassination of Sir Arthur Charles

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Sir Arthur Charles, Speaker of the Legislative Council of Aden, was assassinated on 1 September 1965, during the Aden Emergency.

Charles was shot at least three times, reportedly by two men, as he was entering his car after playing at the Sierra Tennis Club in Crater. He was immediately taken to a hospital, but died on the operating table.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1798&dat=19650902&id=gPUeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-IsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3160,393766 Contemporary newspaper report] accessed 9 March 2015{{cite news|title=Aden speaker killed by terrorists|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2 September 1965|page=1}}

Charles had been in Aden since 1959 and was knighted in June 1965.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19650901&id=bj0xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZgEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5350,2293355|title=Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105859909 |title=ADEN MURDER Police hunt gunmen. |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=3 September 1965 |accessdate=10 November 2015 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The assassination happened only a few days after the Assassination of Harry Barrie. None of the thirteen man Aden State Legislative Council condemned the assassination out of fear of reprisals if they did.{{cite news|newspaper=The Guardian|date=7 September 1965|page=9|title=Adenis told: avoid the British}}