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Sirhan Bishara Sirhan (/ s ɪər ˈ h ɑː n /; [2] Arabic: سرحان بشارة سرحان Sirḥān Bišāra Sirḥān; born March 19, 1944) is a Palestinian-Jordanian man who was convicted of assassinating Senator Robert F. Kennedy Sr., a younger brother of American president John F. Kennedy and a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 1968 United States presidential election.
Sep 2, 2024 · Sirhan Sirhan (born March 19, 1944, Jerusalem) is a Palestinian-born Jordanian citizen who was convicted (1969) of fatally shooting U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968. He received the death penalty, but the sentence was later commuted to life. Sirhan, a Christian Palestinian, was born in Jerusalem. In 1948 Jordan took control of East ...
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Jun 5, 2019 · Sirhan Sirhan shouted as horrified witnesses disarmed him. “I did it for my country!”. At his interrogation, Sirhan explained that he’d purposefully chosen June 5 to kill Robert Kennedy. It was the first anniversary of the start of the Six-Day War between Israel and an Arab coalition of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
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Aug 27, 2021 · Associated Press. 0:00. 8:02. SAN DIEGO – Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's assassin was granted parole Friday after two of RFK's sons spoke in favor of Sirhan Sirhan’s release and prosecutors declined ...
May 19, 2015 · Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was born in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine, on March 19, 1944. Sirhan moved to the United States at the age of 12, graduating from college in California. He later objected to ...
Aug 28, 2021 · Sirhan is serving a life sentence for gunning down Kennedy in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968. Two members of the slain senator's family sent letters to the parole board in support of his release ...
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Aug 30, 2021 · On a foggy morning on Sept. 25, 1966, Sirhan fell from a mare named Hy-Vera, according to an article by Playboy. “Sirhan was thrown against a metal post, where he lay crumpled, crying and ...
