On 6th October 1981 President Sadat was gunned down by four assassins. He was seated at the front of a virtually unguarded podium; the most honoured spectator of that day's military parade. The event was to commemorate the surprise 1973 assault on Israeli positions across the Suez canal. Photo: President Sadat's bullet ridden body as shown recently on the front page of Al Midan. The president must surely have felt safe among his army "boys." Alongside him sat the then vice-president Hosni Mubarak and many other top army officers and diplomats. But it was Sadat on whom the gunfire was concentrated. Ten crucial questions about the assassination remain unanswered. Click on any question for further details. Why Did The Assassins Allow Most of Sadat's Political and Army Colleagues To Escape ? Is Their Any Link Between Sadat's Murder and Saad Ibrahim's Imprisonment ? Why Was Sadat So Dangerously Exposed And Unprotected ? Why were Most of Sadat's Assassins Treated so Leniently ? Was it a Coincidence That Fighter Pilots Distracted The Crowd's Attention In The Crucial Minutes Before The Attack ? Why, if the Conspirators had been Under Surveillance for ten Days, were they not Arrested ? Why did Sadat Stand up from his Seat as his Assassins Approached ? Is There a Link Between Sadat's Assassination and the Queen Boat Raid ? What were the Real Reasons Behind the Recent Publication of the Photo of Sadat's Bullet Ridden Body ? What has happened to Egyptian Television Videotapes of the Assasination ? Latest news 22 May 2012: Cairo psychiatrist claims he can "cure" 70 to 75 per cent of gay teenagers.