Melbourne Turkish consulate bombing | |
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Location | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Coordinates | 37°50′18″S 144°59′18″E / 37.83826°S 144.98827°E |
Date | 23 November 1986 2.16 a.m. (AEST) |
Target | Turkish Consulate |
Attack type | car bombing |
Weapons | 4 kg bomb device |
Deaths | 1 (one perpetrator) |
Perpetrators | Hagop Levonian (killed) Levon Demirian |
No. of participants | 2 |
The Melbourne Turkish consulate bombing was an attempt to bomb the Turkish Consulate in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on 23 November 1986. A car bomb exploded in the basement car park, killing Hagop Levonian, one of the bombers, who was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF).[1]