Members of Toronto's Armenian community are mourning the death of a Canadian-Armenian businessman and community activist who was killed in Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday. Kristapor Artin, a former Toronto resident, was killed while fighting against Azerbaijani forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian National Committee of Canada (ANCC) said on Wednesday. Artin came to Canada in the early 1990s from Lebanon and became an active member of the growing Armenian community, Hajiartinian said. Civilians flee shellingThe fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh already has killed more than 350 Armenian military personnel and 19 civilians, according to the region's Armenian officials. Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh has been self-governed by the local Armenian population, with full economic and military backing from neighbouring Armenia.

Source: CBC News October 08, 2020 18:29 UTC