Assassin Gets Life Term (original) (raw)

U.S.|Assassin Gets Life Term

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Assassin Gets Life Term

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Hampig Sassounian, a 22-year-old Armenian immigrant, was sentenced today to life in prison without possibility of parole for the assassination of a Turkish diplomat. He had been convicted to first-degree murder for shooting to death Consul General Kemal Arikan, 54, in an ambush attack.

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