Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., a former Philippine senator, was assassinated on Sunday, August 21, 1983, on the apron of Manila International Airport (now named Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor).

Aug 20, 2014 · A .357 Magnum was allegedly used to murder Ninoy Aquino. He was shot at a distance of about 18 inches. The bullet entered Ninoy’s nape and exited his chin.

May 13, 1985 · M oments after Opposition Leader Benigno (“Ninoy”) Aquino Jr. was assassinated at the Manila airport on Aug. 21, 1983, a Philippine camera crew captured the anguished face of a young woman....

Jan 21, 2024 · On August 21, 1983, tragedy struck as Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. disembarked from an aircraft at Manila International Airport. As he took his fateful step onto the tarmac, a gunshot rang out, ending his life and sending shockwaves throughout the Philippines.

Feb 19, 2006 · I imagine how they must have rocked when Aquino, wearing a bulletproof vest beneath an off-white leisure suit, was hustled down them by six soldiers on the afternoon of Aug. 21, 1983—and...

Aug 20, 2016 · According to several reports, Galman was gunned down by Aviation Security Command (Avsecom) personnel. An autopsy report said the death of Aquino was a result of “brain laceration and...

Aquino was shot in the head and killed as he was escorted off an airplane at Manila International Airport by soldiers of the Aviation Security Command on August 21, 1983.

The assassination occurred at the Manila International Airport (now Ninoy Aquino International Airport), where Aquino was shot in the head while under military escort. Immediately following the shooting, Rolando Galman, purportedly the gunman, was killed by security forces, who claimed Galman was a communist hitman assigned to assassinate Aquino.

Nov 25, 2020 · He had been sentenced to die years before he was gunned down by an assassin. August 21, 1983 is well known in Philippine history as the day Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino was felled by an assassin’s bullet upon his arrival at the Manila airport that now bears his name.

Aug 21, 2016 · His images—of a bloodied Aquino sprawled on the tarmac next to a bloodied Rolando Galman, with the Avsecom soldiers brandishing their firearms around the bodies, of the soldiers lifting a dead ...