| Police Station Attacks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Cyprus Emergency | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 United Kingdom | EOKA | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| 1 policeman | |||||
The Police Station Attacks were a series of terrorist attacks by the EOKA on police stations in Cyprus during June 1955 which led to the start of the Cyprus Emergency.[1] The attacks took place:
- 19 June - dynamite attack at the police station at the Nicosia suburb of Ayios Dhometios;
- 19 June - bomb set off the central police building at Nicosia[2]
- 22 June - the police station at Amiandos was attacked by an EOKA guerrilla group led by Renos Kyriakides, resulting in the death of a policeman.[3][4]
References[]
- ↑ "Introduction to Cyprus Emergency", Cyprus at Britains Small Wars
- ↑ "BOMB INCIDENTS ON CYPRUS.". ACT: National Library of Australia. 22 June 1955. p. 1. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91203755. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ↑ "The EOKA struggle during the Governorship of Armitage (1 April - 3 October 1955)", A history of the liberation struggle of EOKA (1955-1959) accessed 7 November 2013
- ↑ "CYPRUS OUTRAGES.". Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 23 June 1955. p. 5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79250901. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
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