 It is significant that this massacre, in which 6000 Armenians are said to have perished, was not the result of a general rising of the Muslim population.The Softas took no part in it, and many Armenians found refuge in the Muslim sections of the city.The first notable battle in the Armenian resistance movement took place in Sassoun, where nationalist ideals were proliferated by Hunchak activists, such as Mihran Damadian and Hampartsoum Boyadjian.