UNUSED 21 10 81 PRESIDENT ANWAR SADAT IS ASSASSINATED DURING MILITARY PARADE

(6 Oct 1981) STORY President Sadat is assassinated during a military parade to celebrate the 1973 October war with Israel. Sadat and Mubarak lay wreath at the Unknown Soldier Memorial. Vice President Hosni Mubarak takes control following Sadat’s death. Various shots of parade, tanks and view of the stand after the shooting. Three substitute soldiers attack the President, firstly by throwing three grenades (only the third explodes) and then by firing their guns at the President and crowd seated in the reviewing stand. , Foreign Minister Kamal Hassan Ali Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: ​​ Instagram: You can license this story through AP Archive: