 peacekeepers. In scenes that look closer to Chernobyl than a scorching Brit holiday destination, we were shown through homes and shops left almost untouched for decades. Rusted children's tricycles sat on a dusty ramp that led to a remarkable car showroom full of unused Toyota Corollas. Hotels and private schools featured hundreds of bullet holes - providing a chilling reminder of the hundreds of lives lost in the conflict. Lieutenant Charlie Wallace guided us through one street - dubbed Spear Alley - where the passage of no-man's land is just three metres in width. It was here that a Turkish soldier was stabbed to death in 1989 by a Greek troop who tied a bayonet to a long piece of bamboo. That same year an agreement saw troops pushed back from the buffer zone in a bid to stop an outbreak of war. Now both sides watch from a series of CCTV camera){kind=link}
PRINCE Harry’s former regiment gave The Sun a rare tour of the Cypriot buffer zone – a bullet-ridden no-man’s land frozen in time for half-a-century.
Thousands of families were forced to flee at a moment’s notice after Turkish forces staged an invasion in 1974, leading to a partition of the island.
Everything from new cars to dishes in the sink lie abandoned in an eerie 118 mile-stretch of land that divides the north and south of Cyprus.
We joined the Blues and Royals as they patrolled a portion of the buffer zone by Nicosia last week as part of their role as United Nations (UN) peacekeepers.
In scenes that look closer to Chernobyl than a scorching Brit holiday destination, we were shown through homes and shops left almost untouched for decades.