(11 Aug 1996) T/I: 10:30:20
A Greek-Cypriot protestor reportedly died in hospital on Sunday (11/8) after he was beaten in violent clashes with Turkish-Cypriot demonstrators on the "Green Line" dividing Cyprus. Violence broke out in the United Nations-patrolled buffer zone after hundreds of Greek-Cypriot motorcyclists defied a government order to cancel a protest against the 22-year-old division of the island. They tore down barbed wire barricades in the city of Nicosia and stormed into the narrow buffer zone separating the Greek and Turkish-Cypriot areas. Turkish-Cypriot troops fired at them in response to a stone-throwing barrage. The island has been divided since 1974, when Turkish troops
invaded the north following a short-lived coup by Greek-Cypriot
supporters of union with Greece.
SHOWS:
DHERINIA, CYPRUS, 11/8
MS of Greek-Cypriot motorcyclists riding in en masse;
WS of cyclists off bikes , throwing rocks;
WS of scene, ZOOMS IN to police on Turkish-Cypriot side firing
gun;
WS of cyclists protesting;
MS of cyclist with bleeding head;
ZOOM IN to bloody face and scalp;
MS of fire in field near riot;
PAN of riot scene with burning fires, trucks and cyclists;
MS of fire;
WS of police and cyclists rioting with UN police standing at border;
WS of lone cyclist riding through area with Cyprus flag;
MS of cyclists coming away from riot scene through smoke;
WS of riot area, with man waving flag;
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