On this day, in 1983, five Armenian gunmen
– "The Lisbon Five" – storm the Turkish Embassy in Lisbon, killing a Portuguese
law enforcement officer and wounding another in Lisbon, Portugal.
On this day, in 1983, five Armenian gunmen
– "The Lisbon Five" – storm the Turkish Embassy in Lisbon, killing a Portuguese
law enforcement officer and wounding another in Lisbon, Portugal.
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 JCAG (Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide)
claims responsibility for the attack, but blames Portuguese Prime Minister Mario
Saores for the deaths of the Portuguese law enforcement officers and the five
JCAG members.
TurkishPAC strongly condemns Armenian terrorist acts.
(Taken from www.ataa.org/reference)