ARMENIAN JEWELLER MINAS AGGAYA FROM ISTANBUL KILLED CRUELLY

Noyan Tapan
June 23, 2009

ISTANBUL, JUNE 23, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Minas Aggaya,
a jeweller from Istanbul, was killed in his workshop on June 20,
Marmara daily reported, citing the Turkish media.

The 44-year-old Minas Aggaya did not go to his summer house on Big
Island after finishing his work on Saturday. Alarmed that her husband
did not answer her phone calls, Minas’ wife Keti Aggaya called the
police. On the evening of the same day policemen went to the jeweller’s
workshop in the Cagaloglu district. When trying to open the door,
they noticed that the alarm system had been turned off and they opened
the door with the help of a specialist. The policemen found the bloody
body of the Armenian jeweller at the entrance. An examination revealed
that there was a short fight between Minas Aggaya and the criminal,
and the jeweller was cruelly killed by being stabbed with a dagger
12 times. It is supposed that the criminal knew Aggaya.

A criminal case was opened in connection with the murder, investigation
is underway. Law enforcers are also examining the videotape recording
of the building’s security camera.