1.- Solomos Solomou and Tasos Isaac:Two Christians murdered by Muslim Turks
Solomos Solomou (Greek: Σολωμός Σολωμού) (1970 - 14 August 1996), was a Greek Cypriot refugee who died after being shot five times [1], while trying to climb the pole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast,[2] in the aftermath of the funeral of his cousin Tassos Isaac, who was also killed by Grey Wolves[3] a few days earlier
Following the funeral of Tassos Isaac who was beaten to death by a Turkish mob in the UN buffer zone three days earlier, a group of unarmed Greek Cypriots re-entered the area where Isaac was murdered in order to demonstrate against his unlawful killing.
Among these demonstrators was Solomou who was a second cousin of Isaac.[4]. At around 2:20 pm, Solomou distanced himself from the rest of the demonstrators and walked towards a Turkish military post in Dheryneia. With a cigarette in his mouth, Solomou climbed the flag pole with the intention of removing the Turkish flag but was shot by Turkish snipers three times; in the mouth, in the neck and in the stomach.[2]
The whole scene was taped by bystanding journalists and was seen on live television. Solomou's funeral was held on the 16th of August in Paralimni, among thousands of people and an official Cypriot day of mourning.
A few days after the killings of Isaac and Solomou, the then Prime Minister of Greece, Costas Simitis came to Cyprus and together with the then President of Cyprus, Glafcos Clerides visited the homes of the families of the two cousins.
On her part, the then Turkish Foreign Minister, Tansu Ciller who also visited Cyprus (the occupied north) a few days after Isaac and Solomou were killed, addressed a rally saying that Turks would "break the hands" of anyone who insulted their flag.
2.- Identify the Murderers of Solomos Solomou
Bellow is a picture of the building where Solomou was shot from. Solomou is shown a quarter of the way up the flag pole, closely perused by UN peace-keepers. | |
Standing on the balcony (in the red oval) is Kenan Akin, from Turkey, the so-called minister of agriculture, forests and energy of the illegal occupation regime, who is pointing a pistol in the direction of Solomou. Left is an enlargement of this section. | |
In the window that I have circled is another Turkish Soldier. His Identity is Unknown to me. On the left I have enlarged and Computer Enhanced the image. This is a link to the original picture of the Building |
This is another picture of the same balcony taken from the Video Coverage. The people standing on the balcony Include, the then Commander of the Turkish occupation forces, Lieutenant General Hassan Kundaci, the Commander of the 28th division of the occupation army, Major General Mehmet Karli, the Chief of the so-called Turkish Cypriot police Attila Saab, and Kenan Akin. |
Erdal Emanet commander of the so-called security forces in the occupied areas has also been identified as present when Solomos Solomou was killed after 5 shots were pumped into his the Head, Heart, Lungs, and Legs. The sequence above which was taken from the Video Coverage shows a Turkish Soldier carrying a walkytalky crouching down into a position so as to fire shots into Solomou after he was felled. An acomplice could possibly be standing in the dooway next to him. |
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