Tension with the UN Peacekeeping Force: 8 TRNC policemen were injured

The General Directorate of Police of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) announced that 8 policemen were injured in the clash with United Nations (UN) peacekeepers during the construction of the Pile-Yiğitler road.

In the written statement made by the police press officer, during the road construction works carried out within the framework of the expansion and improvement of the existing Pile-Yiğitler road in the Ağıllar region of the Çayhan Plain at 09:00 hours yesterday, the soldiers of the UN Peacekeeping Force did not comply with the security measures adopted by the TRNC Police General Directorate and to prevent the construction works of the road, it was reported that commercial vehicles were hindering road construction works by deliberately parking vehicles on the road and blocking access to the area.

In the statement, it was stated that 8 of the policemen who requested the Famagusta State Hospital feeling unwell during the progress made during the progress to evacuate the UN Peacekeeping Forces, who resisted to evacuate the region despite of the warnings, they were found mistreated. . (AA)