30 August 2010
The monument had just been unveiled
The Assyrian Genocide Monument, which was installed on August 7 vandalized by Turkish nationalists in Fairfield, Australia.
The vandals painted a Turkish crescent and star on the monument's globe, which sits on a pedestal resembling a hand, as well as writing "f**k Assyrian dogs" and "f**k Assyria" on the left and forward sides of the base of the monument. The plaque at the front of the monument was removed.
According to the Fairfield City Champion, a local newspaper, a war memorial in Fairfield Park, dedicated to Australian and Assyrian soldiers who fought together, was also vandalized with a mixture of concrete and paint.
After the dedication of the monument, Assyrian community leaders had privately expressed concerns about the safety of the monument.
The monument is dedicated to the 750,000 Assyrians that were killed by Turkish state in World War One, between 1915 and 1918.
ANF / FAIRFIELD
ANF NEWS AGENCY
