Elderly Armenian Couple in Istanbul Fall Victim to Deadly Hate Crime

79-year-old Seta Demirci is being escorted to an ambulance after being found bound and gagged in her apartment in Istanbul

An elderly Armenian couple in Istanbul were victims of a home invasion robbery, but the manner in which they were found indicates that they were targeted because they were Armenian.

Seta Demirci, 79, and her husband Hagop, 85, were discovered in their apartment gagged and tied by pig skin rope, an act usually “reserved for infidels,”