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Throwback Thursday, Week 8: An assassination in Westwood - Daily Bruin

Throwback Thursday, Week 8: An assassination in Westwood

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An assassination took place in Westwood in 1982, but most students have probably never heard of it. Unless you’re Armenian, it’s unlikely that you know the names Hampig “Harry” Sassounian and Krikor “Koko” Saliba or the fact that they were involved in the assassination of Kemal Arikan, the Turkish consul general in Los Angeles, just a stone’s throw away from campus.

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Throwback Thursday, Week 8: An assassination in Westwood

By Aram Ghoogasian

Feb. 25, 2016 2:30 p.m.