numerous atrocities against the turkish cypriot community were committed during the invasion of the island. in the maratha, santalaris and aloda massacre by eoka b, 126 people were killed on 14 august 1974. the united nations described the massacre as a crime against humanity, by saying "constituting a further crime against humanity committed by the greek and greek cypriot gunmen." in the tochni (taşkent) massacre, 85 turkish inhabitants were massacred.