The Jewish Chronicle
On this day: Shlomo Argov is shot
June 3 1982: Attack on Israeli diplomat
June 3, 2011 08:16
June 3 1982: Attack on Israeli diplomat
June 3, 2011 08:16The Israeli ambassador to the UK, Shlomo Argov, was walking out of the Dorchester Hotel in Mayfair, when he was shot in the head at point-blank range by three attackers.
He survived the attack, barely, and underwent emergency brain surgery. The attack left him paralysed in his early 50s, except for some movement in his head.
He was treated first in a British hospital and after three months transferred to Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital. He would stay there for two decades until his death in 2003. He had served three years as a diplomat in London.
There were three men behind the attack, said to be affiliated with Abu Nidal's Palestinie National Liberation Movement terrorist group.
