Cyprus police station attacks
| Police Station Attacks | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Cyprus Emergency | |||||||
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| 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
- 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.