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Christodoulides demands ‘accountability and punishment’ for Isaac, Solomou deaths
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Cyprus Mail
President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday demanded “accountability and punishment” for those responsible for the deaths of Tasos Isaac and Solomos Solomou, who were both killed during two separate demonstrations in the buffer zone near Dherynia during August 1996.
“Accountability and punishment of those who murdered Isaac and Solomou is our people’s universal demand, an obligation of the European Union, a duty of the international community.
As demonstrators from both sides broke into the buffer zone, the incident became violent.
Isaac found himself entangled in barbed wire in the buffer zone and was beaten to death by Turkish Cypriots and Turks who had also entered the buffer zone.
Solomou was killed three days later when, following Isaac’s funeral, Greek Cypriot demonstrators once again travelled to Dherynia.