First hero Panteli

In the midnight of March 31 to April 1, 1955, he undertook to help Andreas Karyos to cause a short circuit just outside Avgorou, so that Famagusta (currently Turkish-occupied) would be darkened at the time when the first EOKA bombs would be dropped.

By order of Afxentiou they tied a long chain to a thick rope, to the end of which they had tied a stone carved in the middle, where it was tied, so that it would not leave the rope, and they threw her several times over the wires, trying to pull her with fork on the other side.

For safety, they would wear rubber overshoes and rubber gloves when they would cause the short circuit. They dropped the rope several times and failed to get it over the wires. But as they dropped it and it fell down on the wet grass, the rope got wet. Finally, Andreas Karyos took Modestos Panteli on his shoulders, in an attempt to get as close as possible to the wires, in order to manage to drop the rope. He succeeded, dropped the rope, caused the short circuit, but was also electrocuted and died instantly.

Karyos suffered severe burns on his back when he came into contact with the wet rope.