Nicosia Cinema Bombing
Nicosia Cinema Bombing | |||||||
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Part of the Cyprus Emergency | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United Kingdom | EOKA | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Governor Sir Robert Armitage |
Markos Drakos Grigoris Afxentiou Archbishop Makarios | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 killed |
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 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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