On August 30, 1974, an attempted assassination of

Vassos Lyssarides Vassos Lyssarides (; 13 May 1920 – 26 April 2021) was a Cypriot politician and physician who was a central figure in the politics of Cyprus after the island's independence. Biography Lyssarides was born in 1920 in the village of Pano Lefkara. ...

, prominent supporter of

Makarios III Makarios III (born Michael Christodoulou Mouskos; 13 August 1913 – 3 August 1977) was a Greek Cypriots, Greek Cypriot prelate and politician who served as Archbishop of the Church of Cyprus from 1950 to 1977 and as the first president o ...

, failed to kill Lyssarides, but killed

Doros Loizou Doros Loizou (Δώρος Λοΐζου) (February 23, 1944—August 30, 1974) was a Cypriot poet and leader of the youth section of EDEK (the Movement for Social Democracy). He was killed in the attempted assassination of Vassos Lyssarides. L ...

and injured three others.

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