It started this morning, the exhumation of the remains of the four heroes Charalambos and Anastasis Christofi, Pantelis Charalambous and Christakis Kobos, who were murdered by EOKA B on 16 July 1974.
The exhumation of the remains, which until now were in a mass grave at the Agios Nikolaos cemetery, is being carried out on the basis of an order by the Limassol District Court, at the request of the relatives, so that they can be buried with due honours in their hometowns.
As of this morning, relatives of the four heroes were at the cemetery, where a team of specialists from the exhumation and identification of remains programme is currently in progress, expressing both satisfaction with this development and their anguish and emotion.
The delivery of the remains will take place after the necessary scientific tests of genetic material, while next Sunday the last joint memorial service of the four heroes will be held in the village of Fikardo.
Brothers Pambos and Tasos Christofi, along with Pantelis Charalambous, undertook to transport to Limassol the two members of President Makarios' guard, Christakis Kombos and Georgios Vrountou. Their car was intercepted, according to testimonies, by members of EOKA B and after being interrogated and tortured, they were murdered in a garbage dump in the area of Ayios Tychona.
Source: CNA
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