Cyprus ‘ashamed’ of Mari tragedy 15 years on, Christodoulides says

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday said that Cyprus remains “ashamed” of the Mari explosion, as he made a speech at a memorial event to mark its 15th anniversary.

“We are here to pay, with respect and with pride, the due tribute to the martyrs of that shameful day, who reported for duty and fought an unfair battle against an unbalanced danger, which proved fatal,” he said....