Sixty years ago today: Questions raised in aftermath of the assassination of President JF Kennedy
A defiant Lee Harvey Oswald, waving his handcuffs to the camera.

That was the image that greeted readers of the Express & Star 60 years ago.

Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas.

It was a moment that shook the world and immediately raised the question as to who was the murderer and what was the motive.
The Express & Star reported how Harvey Oswald, a suspected Communist sympathiser, had been arrested almost immediately after the shooting, but was still protesting his innocence after 10 hours of questioning.
The Queen had ordered a week of mourning, and cancelled a number of royal engagements. It was announced that Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home, who had only assumed office the previous month, would be travelling to Washington with Prince Philip for a memorial service.
Downing Street also announced that a national service of commemoration would be held in Britain on a date to be announced.
Meanwhile the investigation into the assassination was moving fast.