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 | ||||||
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Cyprus Emergency
1955
- 1 April Attacks
- Nicosia Cinema Bombing
- Police Station Attacks
- Kyrenia Castle Escape
- Famagusta
- The Pine
- Spilla
- Yialousa
1956
- Nicosia hospital
- Lucky Alphonse
1957
- Lepka
- RAF Akrotiri
1958
- Liopetri
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. 26 May 1955. p. 1. Retrieved 6 August 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Governor Missed Bomb Blast By Minutes". The Central Queensland Herald. Rockhampton, Qld. 26 May 1955. p. 4. Retrieved 6 August 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "CYPRUS—Britain's Middle-East Headache". The World's News. Sydney. 27 August 1955. p. 2. Retrieved 6 August 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
