ANOTHER ELDERLY ARMENIAN WOMAN IS SEVERELY BEATEN IN ISTANBUL

Another elderly Armenian woman is severely beaten in Istanbul January

Another elderly Armenian woman was assaulted, on Tuesday evening,
in Istanbul’s densely-Armenian-populated Samatya district.

The woman was attacked nearby a local police precinct. The assailant
was around 35 years old and he was wearing black clothes.

It is noted that the Armenian woman was severely beaten. As a result,
her glasses were broken and its glass caused damage to the woman’s eye;
she underwent a surgery on Wednesday morning.

Istanbul Office of the Human Rights Association of Turkey called for
a demonstration, on Wednesday at 4pm, against violence taking place
on xenophobic grounds.

To note, this is the third such attack against elderly Armenian women
in Samatya.