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Funeral and march held for murdered French-Armenian teenager
17:27 19/01/2015 >> SOCIETY
Funeral services were held this week at the Armenian Cathedral of
Marseille for Michaël Assaturyan, a 16-year-old French-Armenian
student who was murdered on Jan. 12, reported Nouvelles d'Armenie,
according to The Armenian Weekly.
An estimated 2,500 people gathered on Jan. 16 to march and mourn the
loss of the teenager; sources put the number at as high as 4,000.
Among those present were Mayor of Marseille Jean-Claude Gaudin, along
with Deputies Didier Parakian and Martine Vassel, Parliamentarian
Valerie Boyer, Senators Jean-Noel Guerini and Bruno Gilles, Member of
the French National Assembly Dominique Tian, and Councilman Garo
Hovsepian, as well as leaders of the Armenian community--from clergy to
political activists.
Assaturyan, who attended high school in Marseille, was killed on Jan.
12 just outside school grounds. The suspects are two brothers--17 and
18 years old--who attacked Assaturyan after their sister had an
argument with him during a basketball game in gym class. Assaturyan
was stabbed four times, cutting a main artery, revealed French police.
Both brothers surrendered to police. According to sources, the younger
brother has a violent record that includes robbery and assault, for
which he was imprisoned in 2013. Police also have the sister in
custody, reported Nouvelles d'Armenie.
The march was in response to a call by the Coordination Council of
Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF).
Marching down Marseille's historic La Canebière in the old quarter of
Marseille, mourners gathered at the Old Port around a large chalk
drawing of an Armenian cross encircled with flowers, and the words,
"Je suis Michaël" ("I am Michael") above it. White roses in hand, some
wore shirts that read "Misha," short for Michaël; others held signs
that read, "I am Michaël."
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2015/01/19/marseille/
From: A. Papazian
17:27 19/01/2015 >> SOCIETY
Funeral services were held this week at the Armenian Cathedral of
Marseille for Michaël Assaturyan, a 16-year-old French-Armenian
student who was murdered on Jan. 12, reported Nouvelles d'Armenie,
according to The Armenian Weekly.
An estimated 2,500 people gathered on Jan. 16 to march and mourn the
loss of the teenager; sources put the number at as high as 4,000.
Among those present were Mayor of Marseille Jean-Claude Gaudin, along
with Deputies Didier Parakian and Martine Vassel, Parliamentarian
Valerie Boyer, Senators Jean-Noel Guerini and Bruno Gilles, Member of
the French National Assembly Dominique Tian, and Councilman Garo
Hovsepian, as well as leaders of the Armenian community--from clergy to
political activists.
Assaturyan, who attended high school in Marseille, was killed on Jan.
12 just outside school grounds. The suspects are two brothers--17 and
18 years old--who attacked Assaturyan after their sister had an
argument with him during a basketball game in gym class. Assaturyan
was stabbed four times, cutting a main artery, revealed French police.
Both brothers surrendered to police. According to sources, the younger
brother has a violent record that includes robbery and assault, for
which he was imprisoned in 2013. Police also have the sister in
custody, reported Nouvelles d'Armenie.
The march was in response to a call by the Coordination Council of
Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF).
Marching down Marseille's historic La Canebière in the old quarter of
Marseille, mourners gathered at the Old Port around a large chalk
drawing of an Armenian cross encircled with flowers, and the words,
"Je suis Michaël" ("I am Michael") above it. White roses in hand, some
wore shirts that read "Misha," short for Michaël; others held signs
that read, "I am Michaël."
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2015/01/19/marseille/
From: A. Papazian