Turkish consul general Sarik Ariyak and his bodyguard were assassinated in Australia in December 1980.
Police divers have just made a major breakthrough in the case after finding new evidence in the harbour.
The attack was one of several dozen bombings and assassinations of Turkish diplomats and facilities across the world by the terrorist group "Justice Commandos for the Armenian Genocide"
This included blowing up the Turkish consulate in Melbourne in 1986 theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/cabin…
Justice Commandos for the Armenian Genocide (JCAG) were the next iteration of Nemesis, the terrorist arm of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun), which had various front groups killing Turks and attacking Turkish targets since the 1890s.
Armenian terrorists were among the most transnationally effective in the world in the 70s-80s, yet I rarely come across references to either JCAG or the Marxist-Leninist ASALA (Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia).
Both were far deadlier than the #PKK.
Naturally, US/Europe allowed JCAG & ASALA to operate with impunity (more or less) so long as they only targeted Turkish interests and individuals. At least they're consistent on terrorism – a blind eye to any group that attacks foreign/Jewish interests even in their own countries
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