Two Suspects of Genocide Monument Theft Arrested in Paris

December 6, 2006 - 14:33 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Two suspects were arrested for stealing the monument to the victims of the Armenian Genocide in France. According to investigators, conceivably the suspects had stolen the 300-kg bronze monument with the portrayal of Armenian alphabet and fused it for sale. The 29-year-old and 26-year-old two suspects were arrested in a suburb of Paris after committing a theft of bronze pipes, RFL/RL "Liberty" reports. The investigators do not believe that the motives of theft can be political. The crime took place two days after the French Parliament approved the bill, which supposes criminal punishment for denial of the Armenian Genocide.
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