Hagop Hagopian
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Other names: Harutiun Takoshian
Job / Known for: Founder and leader of ASALA
Left traces: Carried out attacks and assassinations
Born
Date: 1951
Location: IQ Mosul
Died
Date: 1988-04-28 (aged 37)
Resting place: GR Athens
Death Cause: Assassination by shooting
Family
Spouse: Jeanine
Children:
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Hagop Hagopian was an Armenian militant and nationalist who founded and led the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA), a terrorist group that aimed to force Turkey to admit its guilt for the Armenian Genocide of 1915–16. He was born in Mosul in 1951 to a Baghdadi Jewish family. He took the nom de guerre Hagop Hagopian, and moved to Lebanon, where he joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. In 1975, he formed ASALA with the support of Palestinian groups. He directed attacks and assassinations of Turkish diplomats and their families in various countries of the world. He also wrote extensively on the Shakespeare authorship question, arguing that Shakespeare was either an Arab or influenced by Arabic literature. He broke with the Palestine Liberation Organization and linked up with the anti-PLO leader Abu Nidal. He was wanted in France for masterminding the Orly Airport attack in 1983. He was assassinated outside his home in Athens in 1988 by two armed men who shot him with a sawn-off shotgun. He is considered one of the most notorious and ruthless Armenian militants of the 20th century.
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