Our View: Mammari incident shows how dangerous the blame game has become

The UN had not, as of Friday at least, weighed on the December 30 buffer-zone incident near Mammari where a Greek Cypriot father and son were cultivating their land.

This has allowed both sides to fuel their competing narratives.

The Greek Cypriot farmer, Gavriel Yerolemou, said that more than 20 Turkish soldiers and police had attempted to arrest him and his father as they worked in their field, also damaging their tractor. The Turkish Cypriot side says the pair entered the north “illegally”.