Under the title “tension for terror in northern Cyprus”, Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris newspaper (16.03.16) reports that the “terrorist attacks” in Turkey and the recent bomb attack in Ankara have caused the fear that such attacks could take place in the occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus as well.
Panic was created in the “country”, writes Kibris, after the allegation that the British secret services had warned that crowded places in the occupied area of the island should be avoided because danger exists.
While bags, packages and similar forgotten things in various places had not been attracting attention in the past, now they are causing doubts regarding the existence of a bomb. Such a fear was created yesterday in occupied Famagusta by a rucksack forgotten behind a trash bin next to a bus stop and in occupied Trikomo by a suitcase left in front of a market. In both cases no bomb was detected after the “police” conducted a search in the area.
In occupied Morfou, however, an 81-millimeter mortal projectile was found in a trash bin in the road where self-styled minister of education Kemal Durust is located, something which caused questions and fear. No answer was given to the questions “what would have been done with this mortal projectile and why it had been abandoned in the trash”, notes the paper.
Meanwhile, the self-styled ministry of interior and labor denied yesterday the information that the British secret services have warned people to avoid crowded places in the occupied area of Cyprus due to the danger of a bomb attack and called on the people not to pay attention to any other information except for the “official statements”.
Finally, the chairmen of the two “coalition partners”, Mehmet Ali Talat (Republican Turkish Party) and Huseyin Ozgurgun (National Unity Party), stated yesterday that measures have been taken at the highest level in the occupied area of Cyprus against “any internal unrest”.
