Saturday, October 4, 2014

Top Gear stars attacked in Argentina

'They 100% wanted to kill us ... I'm sure it was state-organised': Shaken Clarkson tells of terrifying moment Top Gear crew was surrounded by crowd of rock-throwing Argentinian thugs



  • BBC team were pelted with stones by furious Falklands War veterans
  • Forced to abandon cars by side of road and leave country three days early
  • Argentinians now claim all the presenters' cars had offensive number plates
  • Clarkson's H982 FKL plate was taken as a reference to the 1982 conflict
  • Top Gear convoy was attacked with rocks, sticks and pickaxe handles
  • Clarkson says scenes were worse than what he saw in Iraq and Afghanistan
  • He blames Argentinian government for 'organising' the attack on the crew

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