Solomos Spirou Solomou

Solomos Spirou Solomou

Solomos Spirou Solomou, moments before being shot, in front of observing UN forces.

Solomos Spirou Solomou entered the history books on Wednesday, August 14, 1996 when, at the age of 26, he climbed on the flagpole, to lower the illegally raised Turkish flag in Derynia, Cyprus. He was shot immediately by Turkish troops. According to the Associated Press: "Turkish troops on Wednesday killed a Greek Cypriot demonstrator and wounded 11 other people in the second fatal clash this week in the buffer zone of this war-divided island nation." [1]