Several months later on August 23 Col. Atilla Altıkat , the military attaché , was assassinated while driving to work . Both attacks were attributed to Justice Commandos Against Armenian Genocide . On the early morning of March 12 , 1985 the Turkish Embassy building was attacked - a van pulled up outside the embassy . The three occupants climbed onto the roof of the van and then jumped over the wall of the embassy . The three men , members of the Armenian Revolutionary Army , were armed with shotguns and grenades . The embassy was guarded by a private security officer , Claude Brunelle , who confronted the assailants . He fired four shots but hit no one . He was hit in the chest and killed . The assailants detonated a bomb at the entrance of the building , and then entered the structure . The ambassador at the time , Coşkun Kırca , fearing he was their target jumped from a second story window breaking a number of bones . The Armenians succeeding in taking twelve staff members hostage . Police response was swift and the building was soon surrounded . The assailants threatened a long siege but gave themselves up after four hours
the Turkish Embassy building was attacked
1985 Turkish embassy attack in Ottawa
Embassy of Turkey, Ottawa