About Panagiotis Chrysostomou

He was born in the village of Stylloi, in the province of Famagusta, in 1921.Today in the Turkish-occupied area. He was killed on October 3, 1958 in Famagusta by British soldiers, who tortured him.

Today in the Turkish-occupied area.  Panagiotis Chrysostomou attended the primary school of Styllon and lived in Famagusta. He was a shoemaker.

He was arrested on October 3, 1958 by "security forces", as a member of EOKA. He was arrested inside his home, according to the testimony of his wife, which he gave to the court during the death investigation for the causes of his death.

"My husband was in good health," he testified before the English investigator, who appeared in court on behalf of the Crown. October 1958 “. Two other Cypriots also testified in court, who were arrested and abused along with Panagiotis Chrysostomou and others.

They testified that they saw two soldiers trampling on Panagiotis and then one of them pulling him by the arm and the other beating him until he fell unconscious in the camp, where they had been taken.

The government physician who performed the autopsy testified that Chrysostom had multiple bruises and seven of his ribs were broken. His death, he said, came from a heart attack.