ARMENIAN - Erevangala500
ARMENIAN - Erevangala500
ARMENIAN - Erevangala500
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DEDICATED<br />
TO THE MEM OR Y OF M Y FRIEND<br />
ERDOGAN OZEN<br />
Anatomy of a senseless crime: On Wednesday, June 20, 1984, the labor and social affairs attache o f the Turkish Embassy arrives at<br />
work at 8:45. He parks his car beside the embassy building, greets the policeman on duty . . . and then a remote-control bomb explodes.<br />
The car is thrown into the air and lands upside down. Erdogan Ozen is dead . . . his body charred beyond recognition. The 62-<br />
year-old policeman, Leopold Smetacek, is caught in the flash o f fire from the explosion ... He will wrestle with death for months, his<br />
face totally burned. A number of passers-by are injured. The "Armenian Revolutionary Army" - ARA - once again claims "responsibility".<br />
The assassin is undoubtedly convinced of the "justice" of his deed. He probably has no idea o f the true story behind the tragedy<br />
of his people in the First World War. All he knows is the lessons he has had drilled into him about the "Terrible Turk". History - misunderstood<br />
history - as the motive for inhuman behavior - that is unique to the world o f terrorism. (Photo: Neue Kronenzeitung)
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