Armenian raving about city construction in the Azerbaijan territory
13. On January 28, 1982, in Lost Angeles, California, Kemal Arikan, the Turkish Consul General in Los Angeles, is assassinated by two terrorists while driving to work. Nineteen-year-old Hampig Sassounian is arrested and sentenced to life in prison.
14. On March 1982, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a gift shop belonging to Orhan Gunduz, the Turkish Honorary Consul General in Boston is blown up. Gunduz receives an ultimatum prior to the attack: Either he gives up his honorary position or he will be “executed”. Responsibility is claimed by the JCAG.
15. Two months later in May 4, 1982, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Orhan Gunduz, the Turkish Honorary Consul Generalin Boston is assassinated. The murderer is still at large.
16. On April 8, 1982, in Ottawa, Canada, Kani Gungor, the Commercial Attaché at the Turkish Embassy in Ottawa is seriously wounded in an attack by Armenian terrorists in the garage of his apartment complex. ASALA claims responsibility.
17. On May 18, 1982, in Toronto, Canada, four Armenians are arrested for trying to smuggle money out of the country. The money was extorted from Armenians. In the course of the investigation, it is discovered that the terrorists fire-bombed the house of an Armenian who refused to make his contribution to Armenian terrorism.
18. On May 18, 1982, in Tampa, Florida, the Turkish Honorary Consul General Nash Karahan is attacked at his office.
19. On May 26, 1982, in Los Angeles, California, a bomb damages the office of Swiss banking Corporation. The suspects: four Armenians accused of involvement in ASALA.
20. On May 30, 1982, in Los Angeles, California, three members of ASALA are arrested when planting a bomb in the Air Canada cargo-office.
21. On August 27, 1982, in Ottawa, Canada, Colonel Atilla Altzkat, the Military Attaché at the Turkish Embassy is assassinated in his car. The Ninth of June Organization claims responsibility.
22. On October 26, 1982, in Los Angeles, California, five Armenian terrorists are arrested and charged with conspiring to blow up the offices of the Honorary Consul General in Philadelphia.
23. On January 21, 1983, in Anaheim, California, nine “sophisticated” pipe bombs are confiscated from an Armenian bakery after one of the detonators goes off and causes fire.
24. On March 29, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, ASALA sends a written threat, stating that they will assassinate Turkish athletes who take part in the Olympics. A news agency in France receives a written threat that terrorists will attack all governments, organizations, and companies that assist in any way Turkey’s team at the Olympics.
25. On March 12, 1985, in Ottawa, Canada, three heavily armed terrorists storm the Turkish Embassy, killing a Canadian security guard in the process. After blowing up the front door, the gunmen enter the building. Ambassador Coskun Kirca manages to escape but suffers extensive injuries. The wife and daughter of the ambassador, who were taken hostage, are later released, and the terrorists surrender. ARA (Armenian revolutionary army – edi.) claims responsibility.
26. On March 26, 1985, in Toronto, Canada, a threat to blow up the city of Toronto’s transit system leads to chaos during the rush hour. An “Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of our Homeland” claims responsibility for the threat.
(to be continued)