The last Armenian families living in Kobane fled the northern Syrian town after repeated attacks by ISIS (Photo: Hurriyet)
URFA (Hurriyet Daily News)””The last Armenian families living in Kobane fled the northern Syrian town after repeated attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). One of the family members, Hovsep Tomasyan, was killed in front of his 14-year-old son Aram, according to Hurriyet Daily News.
Four ISIS members wearing Kurdish People’s Defense Units (YPG) uniforms shot the 45-year-old father on the morning of June 24, according to Aram. “My father was bleeding from his heart when he fell on the ground. Despite this he still raised his hand and said, ”˜Son, run, they are ISIS.’ I ran. If I hadn’t run, I would have been shot too,”
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