Violence Spreads to Armenian Community
State Minister Jean Ogassapian on Tuesday denounced the pre-dawn attack on Harak Okian, a founder of the Free Lebanese Armenian Movement (FLAM) and said identity of the assailants is known.
Ogassapian also urged police to arrest the assailants who opened fire at Okian in Beirut”s predominantly Armenian district of Burj Hammoud.
FLAM sources said Okian was hit by a bullet in the spinal cord which totally paralyzed him.
Ogassapian did not disclose identity of the assailants, but blamed the attack on "some factions within the opposition."
But FLAM sources blamed the killing on a "local official of an Armenian political party in Burj Hammoud."