Nicosia Cinema Bombing

Part of the Cyprus Emergency

Date	24 May 1955
Location	Nicosia, Cyprus
Result	unsuccessful assassination attempt

Belligerents

United Kingdom

EOKA

Commanders and leaders

Governor Sir Robert Armitage

Markos Drakos
Grigoris Afxentiou
Archbishop Makarios

Casualties and losses

1 killed

Cyprus Emergency

1 April Attacks (April 1955) Nicosia Cinema Bombing (May 1955) Police Station Attacks (June 1955) Kyrenia Castle Escape (Sept 1955) Battle of Famagusta (Nov 1955) Battle of the Pine (Nov 1955) Battle of Spilia (Dec 1955) Battle of Yialousa Battle at Nicosia Hospital (Aug 1956) Operation Lucky Alphonse (June 1956) Lepka Raid (April 1957) Battle of Lioepetri (Sept 1958)

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.". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) (ACT: National Library of Australia). 26 May 1955. p. 1. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
↑ "Governor Missed Bomb Blast By Minutes.". The Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1930 - 1956) (Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia). 26 May 1955. p. 4. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
↑ "CYPRUS—Britain's Middle-East Headache.". The World's News (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 1955) (Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia). 27 August 1955. p. 2. Retrieved 6 August 2014.

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