Alaminos massacre

The massacre, which lasted half an hour, was committed by the 395th division of EOKA-B and Greek Cypriote National Guard in the mixed village of Alaminos, while the men, due to their refusal to surrender, were lined up against a wall and executed by shooting. Total of 13 or 15 men, between the ages of 25 and 53 were killed and buried by a bulldozer in a mass grave. According to Ahmed Ibrahim, a native of Alaminos: “A group of six Greeks with automatic weapons came up behind the men. They were no more than 20 feet away. They shot 14 of them in the back. I could hear it from my house.” == Victims ==

13 of the victims were identified by their DNA, while two men are still missing. The identified victims were buried in the Lefkoşa Cemetery in a military style. Their names are: Tahir Osman Kaptanoğlu, Hasan Ali Kandıralı, Ali Hasan Cenk, Güney Hüseyin Alaminyolu, Zafer Hasan İmamoğlu, Osman Mehmet Reis, Mehmet Ali Bodo, Ali Ali Bodo, Hüseyin Dildar Özersay, Hasan Dildar Özersay, Ahmet Halil Alkım, Mustafa Ali Taşbel, Ömer Ali Taşbel. == Legacy ==

Every year the 15 victims of the massacre and another 5 victims, who were massacred in 1967 in Alaminos by Greek Cypriots, are remembered in Kythrea. ==See also==