Greek Cypriot refugee <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomos_Solomou" id="mwAVw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Solomos Solomou">Solomos Solomou</a> is shot and killed by a Turkish security officer while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Buffer_Zone_in_Cyprus" id="mwAV0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus">United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus</a>.<sup about="#mwt227" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-43"}}' id="cite_ref-43" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_14#cite_note-43" id="mwAV4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 43;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAV8">[43]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-43"><cite about="#mwt224" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCQo"><a class="external text" href="https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12039247.protester-is-killed-as-turkish-soldiers-open-fire-during-attempt-to-tear-down-flag-british-troops-shot-in-cyprus/" id="mwCQs" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Protester is killed as Turkish soldiers open fire during attempt to tear down flag British troops shot in Cyprus"</a>. <i id="mwCQw">HeraldScotland</i>. 15 August 1996<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCQ0">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCQ4">16 March</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt224" class="Z3988" id="mwCQ8" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=HeraldScotland&amp;rft.atitle=Protester+is+killed+as+Turkish+soldiers+open+fire+during+attempt+to+tear+down+flag+British+troops+shot+in+Cyprus&amp;rft.date=1996-08-15&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.heraldscotland.com%2Fnews%2F12039247.protester-is-killed-as-turkish-soldiers-open-fire-during-attempt-to-tear-down-flag-british-troops-shot-in-cyprus%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAugust+14"></span></span>