Assembly of Turkish American Associations issued a message condemning Armenian terrorism against Turkish diplomats on the anniversary of the terrorist attack to Turkish Embassy in Lisbon in 1983. The message is as follows;
On this day...
July 27, 1983 - Lisbon, Portugal
Five Armenian gunmen - "The Lisbon Five" - storm the Turkish Embassy in Lisbon, killing a Portuguese law enforcement officer and wounding another. A Turkish security officer kills one gunman -Vatche Daghlian. Unable to take the Embassy chancery building, the four remaining gunmen - Setrak Ajemian, Ara Kuhrjulian, Sarkis Abrahamian and Simon Yahniyan - occupy the Embassy residence building, where they take the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM), Yurtsev Mihcioglu, and his family hostage. As the four remaining gunmen plant explosives in the residence building, the wife of the DCM, Cahide Mihcioglu, accidentally detonates one of the bombs killing the four gunmen. Mrs. Mihcioglu also dies in the blast, while her husband Mr. Mihcioglu and son, Atasay Mihcioglu, survive their wounds. The "Armenian Revolutionary Army" of the Justice Commandos of Armenian Genocide (JCAG) claims responsibility for the attack, but blames Portuguese Prime Minister Mario Saores for the deaths of the Portuguese law enforcement officers and the five Justice Commandos of Armenian Genocide (JCAG) members.
ATAA condemns these acts of violence against innocent individuals and remembers these tragedies with great sorrow.
For more information: www.ataa.org/reference
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