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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ranjit Dhaliwal

The assassination of Robert F Kennedy - picture of the day

Boris Yaro's  photograph of the Robert F. Kennedy assassination
Robert F Kennedy is comforted by Juan Romero, a busboy at the Ambassador Hotel who was shaking the senator's hand as he was shot three times by Sirhan. Kennedy had just made a victory speech to supporters after winning California's Democratic presidential primary and was leaving by through the back exit, he died in hospital a day later from his wounds. Sirhan's motive for the killing appears to have been retaliation for Kennedy's support of Israel
Illustration: Photograph: Boris Yaro/ AP
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