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Photograph shows gunmen shooting into the stands during the assassination of Anwar Sadat.

Series of photographs of the assassination of Anwar Sadat.

Group of people mourning Sadat's death.

Photograph of the assassination of Anwar Sadat.

A gunman wearing an Egyptian army uniform fires an automatic rifle into the reviewing stand Oct. 6, 1981 during an attack that took the life of President Anwar Sadat.

Tumbled chairs, six dead and scores of wounded were left in the assassins wake. Here, wounded await an ambulance that will carry them to one of many Cairo hospitals.

Wild-eyed with terror, the driver of the assassins truck is captured after the attack. Not a member of the conspiracy, he was forced at gunpoint to drive the attackers to the reviewing stand. Below, an assassin beaten unconscious by guards is…

Bleeding badly and slipping into shock, U.S. Marine Maj. Jerald Agenbroad (above) and Air Force Capt. Christopher Ryan were among the scores of wounded.

Shrugging as if not sure what to do, a guard stands by the body of Gen. Hassan Allam, who served as Sadat's chief military aide. At right, another guard cries and has to be restrained as he learns the general has been killed.

Shielded by an aide, Belgian Ambassador to Egypt, Claude Ruelle, lies seriously wounded on the floor of the reviewing stand.