Cyprus Police Station Attacks

Police Station Attacks
Part of Cyprus Emergency
Date 19–22 June 1955 Location Nicosia and Amiandos, Cyprus
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. 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

1. "BOMB INCIDENTS ON CYPRUS.". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) (ACT: National Library of Australia). 22 June 1955. p. 1. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
2. "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
3. "CYPRUS OUTRAGES.". The Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1930 - 1956) (Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia). 23 June 1955. p. 5. Retrieved 8 November 2015.