on 12 june 1958, eight greek cypriot men from kondemenos village, who were arrested by the british police as part of an armed group suspected of preparing an attack against the turkish cypriot quarter of skylloura, were killed by the tmt near the turkish cypriot populated village of gönyeli, after being dropped off there by the british authorities. tmt also blew up the offices of the turkish press office in nicosia to falsely put the blame onto the greek cypriots. it also began a string of assassinations of prominent turkish cypriot supporters of independence. the following year, after the conclusion of the independence agreements on cyprus, the turkish navy sent a ship to cyprus fully loaded with arms for the tmt. the ship was stopped and the crew were caught red-handed in the infamous "deniz" incident.