French-Armenian Activist Showers Turkish Ambassador in Red Juice (Video)

Nor Seround Claims Responsibility: ‘There Can Be No Peace without Justice’

PARIS (A.W.)—A French-Armenian activist threw a cup of pomegranate juice—representing blood— at Hakki Akil, Turkey’s ambassador to France, who was delivering a talk on “Secularism in Turkey and France” at the faculty of law at Paris Descartes University on March 2. France 24 reported that the protester was quickly detained by security.

As the protester hurled the cup of juice, he yelled out, “Fascist Turkey! Justice for the Armenian people!”

Nor Seround, the Armenian Youth Federation of France, claimed responsibility for the incident and said that it aimed to denounce the Turkish state and its current representatives for their responsibility in the Armenian Genocide. In a statement, Nor Seround wrote, “There can be no peace without justice.”

Following the attack, Akil told Turkey’s Cihan news agency that the protester was a French citizen of Armenian descent, adding that the French police had identified him.

“They have orchestrated attacks before. In Marseille and Paris, they attacked [Turkey’s] tourism offices,” Akil said.

On April 18, 2014, a group of Nor Seround activists held a protest at the annex of the Turkish Embassy in Paris, demanding justice and reparations for the genocide suffered by the Armenian people. Activists threw buckets of red paint in the building lobby and held placards reading, “Justice for the Armenian people,” “Turkey out of Kessab,” and “We demand reparations.”

Below is a video of the March 2 incident:

Source: armenianweekly.com