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
• 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.