Assassination of Wasfi Tal
| Assassination of Wasfi Tal | |
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| Part of Black September and Arab Cold War | |
Wasfi Tal (right) shortly before his assassination in Cairo, Egypt, on November 28, 1971. | |
| Location | Sheraton Hotel, Cairo, Egypt |
| Coordinates | 30°2′19.97″N 31°13′11.75″E / 30.0388806°N 31.2199306°E |
| Date | November 28, 1971 Approx. 3:45 pm (local time) (UTC+2) |
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| Perpetrators | Black September Organization
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| Motive | In response for the Black September conflict |
On 28 November 1971, Wasfi Tal, the 15th Prime Minister of Jordan, was assassinated while he was on his way to attend an Arab League meeting at the Sheraton Hotel in Cairo, Egypt. Tal was shot at close range by a member of the Black September Organization, which was said to be responding to the 1970 Black September conflict.
Egyptian security forces apprehended four individuals and launched an investigation in the wake of the attack. A few days after the operation, the accused appeared elated in an Egyptian court, and were eventually released without prosecution.