Abdullah al-Hagri
Template:Short description Qadhi Abdullah al-Hajjri (Template:Langx; 1911 – 10 April 1977) was the Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic from 30 December 1972 until 10 February 1974. He was appointed by President Abdul Rahman al-Iryani.
Death
Hajjri was assassinated in London on April 10, 1977, along with his wife Fatimah and Abdullah Ali al Hammami, minister plenipotentiary of the Yemen Arab Republic embassy in London. All three were shot dead in their Mercedes-Benz car outside the Royal Lancaster Hotel near Hyde Park using a silenced .32 automatic pistol.<ref name="TTOL1">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="TNYT3">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Borrell, Clive. "Former Yemeni prime minister and wife in London triple shooting." The Times, 11 April 1977.</ref> A report in a British newspaper named Zohair Yousif Akache, a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) militant and later that year the leader of the hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181, as being wanted by Scotland Yard in connection with the political killings.<ref name="TTOL1" /><ref name="TNYT3" /><ref name="TTIAE1">Template:Cite report</ref>
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