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Witness History: The assassination of Bobby Kennedy

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The assassination of Bobby Kennedy

06/06/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The assassination of Bobby Kennedy

The killing of the US presidential candidate remembered by a friend who was also shot

The killing of the US presidential candidate remembered by Paul Schrade, a friend who was also shot during the attack in 1968.

In June 1968, US presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy was assassinated shortly after addressing his supporters at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. It was less than five years after his older brother, President John F Kennedy, had also been assassinated. Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of the crime, but many - including Kennedy's friend Paul Schrade - suspect a second gunman was involved.  Schrade was shot himself that night and he told Rebecca Kesby about why he’s campaigning for the case to be reopened. 

PHOTO: Robert Kennedy speaking at the Ambassador Hotel shortly before his assassination (Getty Images)

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