| High Commissioner attack | |
|---|---|
| Location | Khormaksar Airport, Aden |
| Date | 10 December 1963 |
Attack type | Bombing |
| Deaths | 2 |
| Injured | 50 |
| Perpetrators | NLF |
The High Commissioner Attack was an incident which saw the beginning of the Aden Emergency. Arab nationalists of the NLF made a grenade attack against the British High Commissioner, Sir Kennedy Trevaskis, killing one person and injuring 50.[1]
George Henderson, the assistant high commissioner, saved Sir Kennedy's life by pushing him out of the way. Henderson later died of his injuries.[2]
The incident led to Britain declaring a state of emergency in South Arabia.[3]