| Nicosia Cinema Bombing | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Cyprus Emergency | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom | EOKA | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Governor Sir Robert Armitage |
Markos Drakos Grigoris Afxentiou Archbishop Makarios | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 killed | |||||||
The Nicosia Cinema Bombing took place on 24 May 1955. A cinema in Nicosia was bombed by the EOKA as part of an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate British governor Sir Robert Armitage. The bomb went off a few yards from where Armitage had been sitting on a few minutes earlier; however by the time of the explosion most of the cinema had been vacated. The cinema had been screening the movie Forbidden Cargo on Empire Day as a fundraiser for the British Legion Fund.[1][2][3]
References[]
- ↑ "Assassination Attempt On Governor Of Cyprus.". ACT: National Library of Australia. 26 May 1955. p. 1. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91199414. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ↑ "Governor Missed Bomb Blast By Minutes.". Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 26 May 1955. p. 4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79249778. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ↑ "CYPRUS—Britain's Middle-East Headache.". Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia. 27 August 1955. p. 2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133916064. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
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