Cyprus police station attacks

Police Station Attacks
Part of Cyprus Emergency
Date 19–22 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]}

References

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.