| Assassination of Galip Balkar | |
|---|---|
| Location | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| Coordinates | 44°48′33″N 20°28′03″E / 44.8091°N 20.4675°E |
| Date | 9 March 1983 |
| Target | Galip Balkar |
Attack type | Assassination |
| Weapons | Guns |
| Deaths | 2 |
| Injured | 3 |
| Perpetrators | Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide |
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| Motive | Political (Armenian genocide) |
Galip Balkar, Turkish ambassador to Yugoslavia, was assassinated on 9 March 1983 in downtown Belgrade, capital of Yugoslavia.[1] He died two days later as a consequence. The responsibility for the attack was taken by the Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide (JCAG), an Armenian militant group.