This was the third assault on Turkish diplomatic personnel in Ottawa by Armenian gunmen in three years:[1] in April 1982, the embassy's commercial counsellor – Kani Güngör – was shot and critically injured in a parking garage. The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia quickly took credit for the attack, which left the attaché paralyzed. Four months later, in August 1982, the embassy's military attaché – Col. Atilla Altıkat – was shot to death as he drove to work.