“Islamic State” claims responsibility for killing 2 Armenians

Armenpress 19:21, 11 November, 2019

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 Deir ez-Zor when terrorists opened gunfire on their car and killed them. Deacon Fati Sano of the Al-Hasakeh church, who was a passenger in the vehicle, was wounded.

Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan



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