Turkish Cypriots were attacked by Greek Cypriots in South Cyprus. Can K\u00fcr\u015fat and his two friends who crossed to South Cyprus yesterday were attacked by 100 -150 Greek Cypriots. K\u00fcr\u015fat and his friends in the car barely escaped with their lives.\u00a0 K\u00fcr\u015fat\u2019s car was also damaged by the Greek Cypriot attackers.<\/p>\n
The Greek Cypriots who were holding Greek and APOEL flags attacked K\u00fcr\u015fat\u2019s car while they were waiting at the red light on Makarios Street, one of the most crowded streets of Nicosia. No intervention was made by the other Greek Cypriots who were around in order to stop the attackers while K\u00fcr\u015fat\u2019s car was being damaged by kicks.<\/p>\n
Although the attack occurred while they were waiting at the red light in front of the Greek Cypriot police station, no intervention was made in order to prevent the attack. K\u00fcr\u015fat and his friends Ali \u015eonya and Cenk Hasan made statements to \u201cHaberal K\u0131br\u0131sl\u0131\u201d newspaper. They said, \u201cWe were attacked by 100-150 people. They opened the doors and tried to pull us out.\u00a0 We barely escaped. The car’s bodywork was damaged because of the kicks. There were tens of people around but nobody did anything. If we had not been able to escape we would now be hospitalized.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although K\u00fcr\u015fat and his friends complained to British police, they got the response that \u201cThis is not our duty.\u201d<\/p>\n
K\u00fcr\u015fat also complained to Lefko\u015fa Police Department right after he crossed to the TRNC, and added that he will complain to the Greek Cypriot police as well.<\/p>\n
K\u00fcr\u015fat said, \u201cThey should do the necessary to find the attackers. It happened in front of the police station. Such terrorist attacks are unacceptable in this period. Such crimes should not remain unpunished, because such attacks can increase as long as they remain unpunished.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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