Monday, August 28, 2006

ottawasun.com - Ottawa and Region - Turks call for justice in killing

"Turks call for justice in killing
Attache's slaying unsolved after 25 years

By JORGE BARRERA

He doesn't want his last name published, fearing Armenian terrorists will get him this time.

Ercan was a young teenager when three armed men calling themselves Armenian revolutionaries stormed the Turkish embassy in Ottawa, killed a guard and blasted their way into the building with explosives.

They were after the Turkish ambassador, who tried to jump out a window to escape. The men grabbed the ambassador's daughter and Ercan's 11-year-old sister instead. They held them for more than five hours. It was March 12, 1985."

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