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- Category: Armenian Terrorism
- Published: 05 May 2009
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On this day, in 1982, an Armenian gunman assassinated Turkish Honorary Consul Orhan Gündüz in Somerville, Massachusetts, while he waits in his automobile in rush-hour traffic. The gunman escapes. JCAG claims responsibility.
On this day, in 1982,
an Armenian gunman assassinates Turkish Honorary Consul Orhan Gündüz
while he waits in his automobile in rush-hour traffic. The gunman
escapes. Justice Commandos against Armenian Genocide (JCAG) claims
responsibility. The assassination occurs six weeks after Mr. Gunduz was
wounded in a bomb attack at his gift shop, Topkapi Imports, on March
22, before which Justice Commandos against Armenian Genocide (JCAG)
threatened that Mr. Gunduz either resign as a Honorary Consul or be
executed. Salespersons at Topkapi Imports comment that neither the
store nor Mr. Gunduz had been given police protection despite the fact
that the store had been the site of the prior bombing. To help solve
the murder of Orhan Gunduz, local television and newspapers utilized a
composite drawing based on information provided by a witness in order
to apprehend the assassin. When the witness was subsequently
gunned-down, all community efforts to help apprehend the assassin came
to a halt. The Somerville Police Department and FBI were never able to
apprehend the assassin.
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