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Attempted hijacking of an El Al jet in airspace over Clacton, Essex by L KHALED and...

Catalogue reference: MEPO 26/142

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This record is about the Attempted hijacking of an El Al jet in airspace over Clacton, Essex by L KHALED and... dating from 1970 Jan 01 - 1970 Dec 31 in the series Metropolitan Police: Registered Files, Crime (CR Series). It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
MEPO 26/142
Date
1970 Jan 01 - 1970 Dec 31
Description

Attempted hijacking of an El Al jet in airspace over Clacton, Essex by L KHALED and P J ARGUELLO of the Palestine Liberation Front on 6 September 1970. Subsequent death of Arguello after being shot by security guards on board the aeroplane, and arrest of Khaled by police. Statements 1-211. Original statements. With photographs

Note
The naming of a defendant within this catalogue does not imply guilt
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
CR 201/70/184 PART 3
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Retained Until 2006
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Policing
Middle East
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11200102/

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MEPO 26

Metropolitan Police: Registered Files, Crime (CR Series)

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