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LISBON FIVE- HEROES' ASHES TO BE BACK HOME
Panorama
July 29 2010
Armenia
27 years ago Turkish Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal, was kept hostage by
five Armenians. In July, 27, 1983 five brave Armenians born in Lebanon
Setrak Ajamian, 19 years old; Ara Karvikian, 20; Sarkis Abrahamian,
21; Simon Yahniyan, 21, and Vache Daghlian, 19, attacked Turkish
Embassy to Lisbon. While attacking the Embassy one of the Armenians
Simon Yahniyan was murdered. Brave heroes of Armenian nation refused
to yield and bombed themselves.
Those five young men knowingly sacrificed their lives for their
fatherland; their act of devotion shocked the world.
"Sardarapat" movement calls on to commemorate our heroes and to
take their ashes buried in Beirut at the Armenian national cemetery,
back home.
From: A. Papazian
Panorama
July 29 2010
Armenia
27 years ago Turkish Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal, was kept hostage by
five Armenians. In July, 27, 1983 five brave Armenians born in Lebanon
Setrak Ajamian, 19 years old; Ara Karvikian, 20; Sarkis Abrahamian,
21; Simon Yahniyan, 21, and Vache Daghlian, 19, attacked Turkish
Embassy to Lisbon. While attacking the Embassy one of the Armenians
Simon Yahniyan was murdered. Brave heroes of Armenian nation refused
to yield and bombed themselves.
Those five young men knowingly sacrificed their lives for their
fatherland; their act of devotion shocked the world.
"Sardarapat" movement calls on to commemorate our heroes and to
take their ashes buried in Beirut at the Armenian national cemetery,
back home.
From: A. Papazian