Al-Naif assassination

Title
Al-Naif assassination
Genre
News report
TX Date
Jul 1978
Year of production
1978
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Duration
00:01:56
Description
Report on the shooting of General Abdul Razzak al-Naif, former Prime Minister of Iraq, outside the Intercontinental Hotel, London. The General was taken to Westminster Hospital. The lone gunman was pursued and overpowered by a passer-by and a taxi driver. Unidentified male reporter notes that this is the most recent in a series of violent acts in London involving Arabs.
Contributors
None Identified
Keywords
Deaths; London; Homicide; Murderers; Prime ministers; Arabs; Iraq; Abdul Razzak al-Naif

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LBC/IRN, "Al-Naif assassination". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0000400301008 (Accessed 20 Nov 2025)