Sirhan Sirhan Denied Parole
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The man who assassinated US Democratic senator and presidential hopeful Robert Kennedy has been denied parole.
Sirhan Sirhan says he does not remember shooting Kennedy at a Los Angeles hotel in 1968 on the day he won the California Democratic presidential primary.
Sirhan, a Palestinian Christian, was convicted in 1969 of murder.
The California parole board said it was his 13th effort to win release; he will be considered again in five years.
Early in the morning of 6 June 1968, Kennedy had narrowly won the Democratic presidential primary election in California.
After giving a victory speech to supporters at the Ambassador Hotel, Kennedy entered the kitchen to exit the hotel when six shots rang out, fatally wounding him. Five others were injured but survived.
Rosey Grier, a former professional football player and member of Kennedy's entourage, and another man tackled the gunman and fought off a mob that lunged at him.
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