Armenia: Misak Torlakian (1889 - 12 November 1968), the assassin of Behbud Khan Javanshir, Internal Affairs Minister of Azerbaijan, in 1921

Torlakian was born in 1892 in Trabizond, Ottoman Empire. Joining the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) at the age of 18. In 1921, Torlakian was sent by the ARF to assasinate Beyboud Khan Djivanshir.

He succeeded and in October 1921, the British tribunal issued a guilty verdict but ruled that he was not responsible for his actions due to his epilepsy. Torlokyan left for Greece, where he was released and left for the United States.

He eventually settled in California, where he died in Montebello, California in 1968. He is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in East Los Angeles.

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