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405: 138: 753: 144: 36: 293:. The embassy was guarded by a private security officer, Claude Brunelle, who confronted the assailants. He fired four shots but hit no one. He was hit in the chest and killed. The assailants detonated a bomb at the entrance of the building, and then entered the structure. The ambassador at the time, 297:, fearing he was their target jumped from a second story window breaking a number of bones. The Armenians succeeding in taking twelve staff members hostage. Police response was swift and the building was soon surrounded. The assailants threatened a long siege but gave themselves up after four hours. 265:
paramilitary groups. On April 8, 1982 Kani Gungor, the embassy's commercial attaché, was shot in the parking garage of his residence and left permanently paralyzed. Harout Kevork, Raffic Balian and the 17-year-old Haig Gharakhanian were arrested two years later for the crime.
253:. The building was built by Fisheries Commissioner William F. Whitcher in about 1869. In 1888, it was expanded and housed the Ottawa Children's Hospital, and remained a hospital until 1908. In 1953, it became home to the Turkish embassy. 300:
After these incidents the Turks planned to leave their heritage structure for a more secure facility, but these plans have now been abandoned and major renovations to the embassy have just recently been completed.
697: 281:- a van pulled up outside the embassy. The three occupants climbed onto the roof of the van and then jumped over the wall of the embassy. The three men, members of the 741: 393: 178: 966: 930: 657: 334: 675: 641: 320:(RCMP) officer also caught fire. Both blazes were soon put out and no one was seriously injured. Several of the protesters were arrested. 104: 734: 386: 274: 17: 76: 680: 719: 371: 83: 438: 46: 956: 951: 727: 540: 379: 566: 409: 278: 90: 961: 469: 794: 525: 72: 611: 530: 485: 914: 433: 261:
The Turkish embassy has been the site of a number of incidents. In the 1970s and 1980s Canada was home to several
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indicates missions of non-state entities or of states which Canada does not formally recognize
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On February 17, 1999, the embassy was again hit by violence. A riot by some 300
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manor located at 197 Wurtemberg Street overlooking the
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