Arshavir Shirakian's first target was assassinating Armenian traitor Vahe Ihsan (Yesayan). According to his memoirs, Vahe Ihsan was "a traitor who was despised by his countrymen, his relatives, and eventually by his own children" and "helped to draw up the list of prominent Armenians who were arrested and deported in 1915."[1] Shirakian assassinated Ihsan on March 27, 1920 in Constantinople.[2]