Cyprus police station attacks

Police Station Attacks
Part of Cyprus Emergency
Date19–22 June 1955
Location
Nicosia and Amiandos, Cyprus
Result EOKA victory
Belligerents
EOKA  British Empire
Casualties and losses
Unknown 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]
  1. ^ "BOMB INCIDENTS ON CYPRUS". The Canberra Times. 22 June 1955. p. 1. Retrieved 8 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "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
  3. ^ "CYPRUS OUTRAGES". The Central Queensland Herald. Rockhampton, Qld. 23 June 1955. p. 5. Retrieved 8 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.