THE SADAT ASSASSINATION
THE SADAT ASSASSINATION;A Haunting Parallel
Published: November 6, 1995
President Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt, like Prime Minster Yitzhak Rabin of Israel, was assassinated for his efforts to bring peace to the Middle East.
HIS ROLE IN BUILDING PEACE
In 1978, Mr. Sadat and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel signed the Camp David accords in which both countries recognized each other, Israel agreed to return the Sinai to Egypt and both agreed to work toward Palestinain autonomy. THE ASSASSINATION
On Oct. 6, 1981, as Mr. Sadat watched a military parade commemorating the 1973 war against Israel, a group of men in military uniforms fell out of line and began hurling hand grenades and firing rifles at the reviewing stand from which Mr. Sadat was watching the procession. Mr. Sadat was killed, along with 10 others, and 38 were wounded. His Vice president, Mosni Mubarak, would assume powwer.
On March 6 1982, five Muslim fundamentalists, led by Lieut. Khaled Ahmed Shawki al-Istambuli, were convicted of the assassination of Mr. Sadat. On April 15, with appeals pending in court, they were executed. Their bodies were buried in unmarked graves.
Photo: President Anwar el-Sadat smiled at the military parade ustbefore being assassinated. (Associated Press, 1981)