Red Armenian Army (militant organization)

The Red Armenian Army (RAA), also known as the Armenian Red Army, was a small militant organization, which organized a single unsuccessful attack against the Turkish Consul General, Kemalettin Demirer, on 1 July 1982 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The group used a gun in the assassination attempt.[1]

This article is about the militant organization active in 1982. For the Armenian division of the Soviet Red Army, see Armenian Red Army.

The Armenian Red Army has not claimed any attacks in over two decades and is presumed to be disbanded and inactive.[2]

References
  1. "Incident Summary for GTDID: 198207210002". www.start.umd.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
  2. Political Terrorism: A New Guide to Actors, Authors, Concepts, Data Bases, Theories, and Literature - Page 675 by Albert J. Jongman, Alex Peter Schmid


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