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July 27 marks 30th anniv. of Lisbon 5 attack on Turkish embassy
July 27, 2013 - 12:20 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - July 27, 2013 marks 30 years since 5 young men
occupied the Turkish Embassy in Lisbon to demand the international
recognition of the 1915-23 Turkish Genocide against the Armenians.
The men, who came to be known as the Lisbon 5, were forced to set off
explosives, destroying the embassy.
The members of the Armenian Revolutionary Army stormed the Turkish
embassy demanding the world remember the plight of their people and
the struggles faced by the descendants of the survivors from the 1915
genocide. The ambassador's residence was under siege for an hour and a
half before the bomb was detonated. 7 were killed in the blast,
including the ambassador's wife, a Portuguese bodyguard, and the young
people themselves.
A type-written message signed by the Armenian Revolutionary Army
delivered to The Associated Press office in Lisbon said: `We have
decided to blow up this building and remain under the collapse. This
is not suicide, nor an expression of insanity, but rather our
sacrifice to the altar of freedom.' The group said the attack had been
carried out because `Turkey and its allies refused to acknowledge the
genocide of Armenians'.
>From the documents found in the hotel rooms, the police identified the
five as Setrak Ajamian, 19 years old; Ara Kuhrjulian, 20; Sarkis
Abrahamian, 21; Simon Yahniyan, 21, and Vache Daghlian, 19 (known in
Armenian sources as `The Lisbon five'). They were buried in Beirut at
the Armenian national cemetery in Bourj Hammoud.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/166821/
July 27, 2013 - 12:20 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - July 27, 2013 marks 30 years since 5 young men
occupied the Turkish Embassy in Lisbon to demand the international
recognition of the 1915-23 Turkish Genocide against the Armenians.
The men, who came to be known as the Lisbon 5, were forced to set off
explosives, destroying the embassy.
The members of the Armenian Revolutionary Army stormed the Turkish
embassy demanding the world remember the plight of their people and
the struggles faced by the descendants of the survivors from the 1915
genocide. The ambassador's residence was under siege for an hour and a
half before the bomb was detonated. 7 were killed in the blast,
including the ambassador's wife, a Portuguese bodyguard, and the young
people themselves.
A type-written message signed by the Armenian Revolutionary Army
delivered to The Associated Press office in Lisbon said: `We have
decided to blow up this building and remain under the collapse. This
is not suicide, nor an expression of insanity, but rather our
sacrifice to the altar of freedom.' The group said the attack had been
carried out because `Turkey and its allies refused to acknowledge the
genocide of Armenians'.
>From the documents found in the hotel rooms, the police identified the
five as Setrak Ajamian, 19 years old; Ara Kuhrjulian, 20; Sarkis
Abrahamian, 21; Simon Yahniyan, 21, and Vache Daghlian, 19 (known in
Armenian sources as `The Lisbon five'). They were buried in Beirut at
the Armenian national cemetery in Bourj Hammoud.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/166821/