There are just 31 years old, July 27, 1983, a commando of 5 Armenians claiming ARA (Armenian Revolutionary Army) died in an attack against the Turkish Embassy in Lisbon. These five members of the Armenian commando were named Vatche Daghlian, Sarkis Aprahamian, Ara Kerdjelian, Setrak Adjemian and Simon Yahneian.

Attempted hostage of Armenian commando ended tragically with the death of five young revolutionaries who demanded Ankara recognition and repair of the Armenian genocide of 1915. Attempt hostage-in which had also found death the wife of a Turkish administrative attaché and a policeman-Portuguese had failed and ended in tragedy. 5 Armenians unto death.

31 years after their heroic death, “5 Lisbon” as they are now called have not seen their hero status in Armenia. Historian Simon Safarian recalled on July 25 in Yerevan. At the same press conference, Samvel Tatevossian, director and veteran of the war of liberation of Karabakh recalled that those who had been appointed by the international media as “terrorists” were actually heroes who gave their lives on altar dedicated to the fight for truth and justice of the Armenian people. Remains to Armenia to recognize its fallen heroes in Lisbon children there more than three decades on the road to freedom and dignity of the Armenian people.

Krikor Amirzayan