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MANUK GASPARIAN’ SON BEATEN / VIDEO /
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On February 12 over 40-50 armed men broke into Christ Gasparian’s office. Gasparian was severely beaten. To remind, Christ is the son of prematurely deceased Manuk Gasparian, Leader of the Democratic Way Party (ZhUK).
“We learnt about the incident from Christ Gasparian’s colleagues who didn’t want to give their names. “Everything happened in a twinkling of an eye. All of a sudden over 40-50 armed men intruded into the office and began beating Christ with empty bottles. Immediately afterwards, they took flight,” they said.
Minutes later Gasparian was taken to hospital where he was rendered medical aid.
“I tried to intervene and help Christ but they threatened me with a gun just on the doorway,” said one of Gasparian’s friends.
“I wanted to protect Christ with my body as I am a stout man and could resist the blows. But after hitting me on the head they forced me out,” said the other.
“We do not know the reasons for the incident. They hardly uttered a word. They only kept railing at us. Christ recognized some of them.”
To note, Manuk Gasparian had announced support for presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrossian before his untimely death.
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Today in Armenian history- 1268 Enthronement of the Armenian Catholicos, Hakob Klayetsee the First. He was an erudite scholar, orator, and commentator. He supported the signing of the Armenian-Egyptian Peace Treaty of the end of the 13th century. (He died in 1286).
- 1286 Death of Catholicos Hakob Klayetsee the First, an erudite scholar, orator, and commentator. He supported the signing of the Armenian-Egyptian Peace Treaty of the end of the 13th century.
- 1721 Greegor Shghtayakeer, who was elected Jerusalem's Patriarch in 1715, placed a chain around his neck to symbolize the debts of the Patriarchate. Several years later, on collecting sufficient funds to pay off the debts, he assumed his patriarchal throne. He built new buildings and introduced various improvements. He died in 1749.
- 1845 Birth of Mateos Izmirlian in Constantinople. He died in 1910.
- 1845 Birth of Patriarch Matheos Izmirlyan in Constantinople. He died in 1910.
- 1908 Death in Cairo (Egypt) of Arpiar Arpiaryan (writer and public figure). He was born in 1851.
- 1918 Death of Sultan Hameed, nicknamed the "Red Sultan" because of his organized Genocide of the Armenians in 1894-1896. He was dethroned in 1909.
- 1918 Turkish officers reject the armistice and move (with 25000 soldiers) on Erzroom, Van and the Black Sea coast. Armenian forces -- alone -- are unable to stop the Turkish agression.
- 1919 Two Armenian delegations leading by Poghos Noobar and Avetees Aharonyan present the "Memorandum on Armenian's Demands" to the Paris Conference. The document sought the recognition of Armenia's Independent Statehood, compensation for Armenian losses reimbursement, a 20-year mandate for Armenia by one of the Allied countries, and punishment of the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide. No attention was paid to the document.
- 1921 Protests in Loree Province against its "Neutral Zone" status under the Menshevik government of Georgia. Consequently, it is ceded to Armenia four days later.
- 1950 Creation of the European Radio Union.
- 1988 Party and Economic meetings took place in the Autonomous Region of Mountainous Gharabagh. These demanded the reunification of Artsakh to Armenia.
- 1988 First national mass demonstrations in Stepanakert in favor of Union between Armenia and Artsakh.
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