- Title: ADEN: VIOLENCE FLARES ON EVE OF GENERAL STRIKE.
- Date: 10th February 1967
- Summary: 1. GV ADEN HARBOUR HILLS IN B/G 0.06 2. LV HILLS AND SHIP 0.10 3. SV SOLDIER AND SAILOR WITH ARMS ON DECK OF SHIP 0.14 4. TRAVEL SHOT ALONG STREETS, SHOWING FLATS 0.18 5. TRAVEL SHOW...SHOWING LARGE BUILDINGS 0.23 6. GV HILLSIDE AND HOUSES 0.27 7. SV SEAFRONT 0.30 8. CU SEAFRONT SHOWING BARBED WIRE 0.34 9. LV R.A.F. TRANSPORT COMMAND PLANE AND EVER-READY TROOPS IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES DOWN GANGWAY 0.38 10. SV DITTO 0.42 11. CU SIGNPOST "HEADQUARTERS FIRST REGIMENT" 0.45 12. SV SERGEANT CHECKING EVER-READY TROOPS, WALKING BY HOLDING UNIFORMS 0.56 Initials AB/VS/JH/EEH Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 25th February 1967 12:00
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- Location: ADEN
- Country: Yemen
- Reuters ID: LVA2LZAJN5O3JO96VE17ZJCWPG2
- Story Text: VIOLENCE FLARED IN ADEN TONIGHT ON THE EVE OF THE PLANNED GENERAL STRIKE CALLED BY ARAB NATIONALIST.
BRITISH TROOPS KILLED IN ARAB AND WOUNDED SEVEN OTHERS -- FOUR SERIOUSLY -- IN A SERIES OF GRENADE AND CUN BATTLES THROUGHOUT THE WINDING ALLEYS OF THE ARAB QUARTER DURING THE DAY.
SIX BRITISH SOLDIERS WERE INJURED IN 13 GRENADE INCIDENTS AND TWO SHOOTING INCIDENTS IN THE DISTRICTS OF SHEIKH OTHMAN AND CRATER, AN ARMY SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE CLASHES CAME AS HUNDREDS OF TROOPS SWARMED INTO THE TWO DISTRICTS TO HEAD OFF EXPECTED DEMONSTRATIONS.
THE DISTRICTS RAIDED HAVE BEEN HOTBEDS OF VIOLENCE DIRECTED AGAINST THE BRITISH FORCES WHO ARE SCHEDULED TO WITHDRAW FROM SOUTH ARABIA NEXT YEAR. IN THE PAST FEW DAYS MILITARY PATROLS HAVE BEEN STRENGTHENED AS AN ATMOSPHERE OF UNREST GREW THROUGHOUT ADEN. BRITAIN'S "FIRE BRIGADE" TROOPS, THE EVER-READIES, HAVE BEEN MOVED IN.
THE 24-HOUR GENERAL STRIKE HAS BEEN CALLED BY NATIONALIST TO MARK THE EIGHT ANNIVERSARY OF WHAT THEY REGARD AS THE "BOGOUS" SOUTH ARABIAN FEDERATION.
THE 8,000 BRITISH SERVICE FAMILIES IN ADEN HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS TO AVOID EXPECTED DISTURBANCES.
TONIGHT, FRIDAY (10 FEBRUARY, 1967) THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER OF ADEN, SIR RICHARD THORNBILL HAS CLAMPED AN INDEFINITE CURFEW OF ADEN.
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