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In 8 March 1970 the President of Cyprus Archbishop Makarios boarded a helicopter in order to go to the Monastery of Machaira.
As soon as the helicopter took off armed men opened fire from a nearby roof towards the helicopter... Makarios was unharmed but the bullets injured the pilot who despite his wounds managed to land the helicopter safely back to the Presidential Palace.
WI Makarios was killed that day either by the assassins bullets or by helicopter crash? How would things evolve in Cyprus if Makarios is out of the picture? Would Turkey still invade the island? What do you think?
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