STATUE COMMEMORATING ARMENIAN DEATHS STOLEN

Indianapolis Star, IN
Oct 16 2006

Chaville, France — A statue commemorating the World War I-era massacre
of Armenians in Turkey was stolen, an official said Saturday, two days
after French lawmakers approved a bill that would make it a crime to
deny that the killings amounted to genocide.

The bronze monument, installed in front of the train station in the
Paris suburb of Chaville in 2002, disappeared between Friday night
and Saturday morning, said authorities for the Haut-de-Seine region.

The police have not ruled out the possibility that the statue, which
weighs several hundred pounds, was stolen to be sold as scrap metal,
said Stephane Topalian, who serves on the board of the local chapter
of the Armenian church.
From: Baghdasarian