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1981 Assassination Attempt on Queen Elizabeth II May Have Been Covered Up

posted by Fnord666 on Monday March 05 2018, @02:54PM   Printer-friendly
from the near-miss dept.

takyon writes:

A Teen Tried To Shoot Queen Elizabeth In 1981, Intelligence Report Says

New Zealand police say they are re-examining an apparent assassination attempt against Queen Elizabeth II. Declassified documents from New Zealand's intelligence service, newly released to an investigative journalist at the news website Stuff, indicate that there may have been a cover-up after teenager Christopher Lewis fired at the queen's motorcade in Dunedin. At the time, officials suggested to journalists that the bang of Lewis' gun was a sign falling over or firecrackers going off.

"Lewis did indeed originally intend to assassinate the queen, however did not have a suitable vantage point from which to fire, nor a sufficiently high-powered rifle for the range from the target," one declassified memo states.

[...] The 17-year-old was never charged with attempted murder or with treason, according to the news investigation.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 06 2018, @02:27AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 06 2018, @02:27AM (#648317)

    If it'd been successful, I'd have completed my Machin collection already.

    (that's a stamp collecting joke)

  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday March 06 2018, @10:29AM

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Tuesday March 06 2018, @10:29AM (#648440) Homepage
    And there I was thinking that the Machin Head was an album by Iriodin Maiden!

    (anyone correcting any part of that gets a slap)
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