Lack of protocols blamed for panic after Akrotiri drone strike

Officials on Thursday blamed the absence of emergency protocols for the confusion and panic caused among communities in close proximity to RAF Akrotiri following a drone strike there last Sunday.

Pantelis Georgiou, the mayor of Kourion, remarked that “not even the British expected the attack”.

He was speaking in parliament during a discussion of contingency measures, in the wake of the incident at Akrotiri.

The mayor said his own community “suffered the most” from the ensuing “panic”.