Word: hadjigeorghiu
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...Escape. In one of the wildest and most sanguinary affairs of the 18-month-old war of terror, Polykarpos Hadjigeorghiu, 25, a top E.O.K.A. partisan with a $14,000 price on his head, escaped for a third time from his British captors. As Hadjigeorghiu was led from prison into the Nicosia general hospital for treatment, three gunmen opened fire in the crowded lobby. One of Hadjigeorghiu's two British sergeant escorts fell, mortally wounded. The other shot two of the assassins dead and bloodied the head of the third with a blow from his emptied Sten gun. A hospital...
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