SHAH ESCAPES DEATH
Z. Press Association—Copyright)
TEHERAN, April 12. The Shah of Iran narrowly escaped death when bullets sprayed around him in an attempted assassination yesterday.
The assassin died in a violent gun duel during which he killed two members of the Shah’s bodyguard. and wounded two other people. The Shah was unhurt as bullets sprayed the palace entrance.
A Government investigation will attempt to learn if the assailant was part of a conspiracy, or was merely a man gone amuck—which was the general belief. in its official announcements, the Government gave conflicting reports of the melee and said only that the soldier entered the palace “threatening and shooting” as the Shah was going to his office. Authoritative sources said the Shah was about to enter the Marble palace when a conscripted member of the Imperial Guards standing nearby opened fire with a sweep of his tommy gun. The Shahs bodyguard rushed the Iranian ruler into his office, followed by the conscript, who continued firing as he charged towards the building. Shot Two He shot two of the bodyguard and wounded a gardener and an attendant who tried to stop him.
As the assailant raced towards the Shah’s office, one of the dying guards managed to draw his gun and shoot the man dead. The Shah was reported to be in excellent spirits in spite of the shooting. The assailant was later i identified as Bakhsh Abadi, I aged 22, the father of four. The Shah has had similar close escapes in the past, and in 1947 a would-be assassin fired five shots at close range at the Iranian ruler. Most of the shots hit the Shah but he survived. Teheran was stunned by the shooting, coming less than three months after the slaying of Premier Hassan Ali Manour by a religious fanatic.
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SHAH ESCAPES DEATH
Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30725, 14 April 1965, Page 13
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