1973: British officials shot dead in Bermuda
10 March 1973: Governor of Bermuda Sir Richard Sharples is assassinated.
He and his assistant, Captain Hugh Sayers, are shot dead in the grounds of the governor's residence in Hamilton - the British-dependent territory's only town.
The deaths happen six months to the day after the North Atlantic island's British police chief, George Duckett, was shot dead.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Archives: This Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News report was broadcast on 12 March 1973.