| 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 guerrilla style attacks by the EOKA on police stations in Cyprus during June 1955 which led to the start of the Cyprus Emergency. 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[1]
- 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.[2][3]
References[]
- ↑ "BOMB INCIDENTS ON CYPRUS.". 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) Archived 8 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. accessed 7 November 2013
- ↑ "CYPRUS OUTRAGES.". Rockhampton, Qld.. 23 June 1955. p. 5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79250901. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
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