“Islamic State” claims responsibility for killing 2 Armenians

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 11, ARMENPRESS. The “Islamic State” terrorist organization has claimed responsibility for killing two Armenians in Qamishli, a city in northeastern Syria, ARMENPRESS reports Rudaw TV informed.

Pastor of the Armenian Catholic Community of Qamishli Priest Hovsep Petoyan and his father Hanna Petoyan were traveling in a vehicle en route to Deirez-Zor when terrorists opened gunfire on their car and killed them. Deacon Fati Sano of theAl-Hasakehchurch, who was a passenger in the vehicle, was wounded.

Edited and translated byTigran Sirekanyan