Arshavir Shiragian

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Arshavir Shiragian was born in 1902. He assassinated Said Halim Pasha in Rome on December 5, 1921 and Djemal Azmi in Berlin on April 17, 1922. At the same time he also wounded Behaeddin Shakir Bey (while he was walking with Djemal Azmi) when seconds later Aram Yerganian shot Shakir Bey a second time in his forehead killing him. Arshavir Shiragian later moved to the United States and died in 1973. He is buried in Hackensack, NJ, next to his wife, Kayane, who died in 1985.


source: http://operationnemesis.com/avengers.html

Links:

  1. The Legacy (memoirs)

  2. Picture Gallery

  3. Operation Nemesis

  4. article from the New York Times, April 19, 1922

Arshavir Shiragian, New York, 1965, talking about his memoirs, The Legacy.
Thanks to Hairenik Online TV for uncovering this film.