Dursun Aksoy was the Turkish administrative

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Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, Belgium, who was assassinated in 1983.

Death

Dursun Aksoy, 39, a father of three, was assassinated on 14 July 1983 near his home on Avenue Franklin Roosevelt in Brussels' embassy section. He was about to start his car, when a man walked to the window and fired two shots, hitting Aksoy in the neck and chest. The diplomat died on spot. The gunman fled. Witnesses described the assassin as a well-built man, 30 to 35, with thick black hair and mustache, 5 feet 8 inches, wearing blue jeans and a striped

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.Turkish Diplomat Slain in Brussels
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 15 July 1983

Aftermath

Two Armenian militant groups,

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and JCAG, took responsibility for the assassination. A man who spoke a mixture of English and French called

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and provided details about the color of Aksoy's car and his number plate, to support his claim that the murder was committed by JCAG. The murder remains unsolved.

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