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11 July, 2016Two of the three ELAM members who were arrested and charged following an attack on the then Turkish Cypriot President, Mehmet Ali Talat, at a conference in Limassol on 26 March 2014, have been declared innocent by a Greek Cypriot court.
The Limassol District Court judge indicated that the Greek Cypriot police mishandled the case on the day and also failed to properly investigate the incident.
According to the judge’s report, clear evidence could not be obtained as important witnesses broke the law and did not tell the truth.
Stating that the final decision did not surprise him, Mehmet Ali Talat, the second President of the TRNC, stated: “Who did they charge today? The police did not attempt to prevent the incident. Everybody in the conference hall saw the incident – it was impossible for them not to see it.”