Wounds unhealed, houses empty and children's rooms laid out for 17 years long for the return of their owners.
The pain since that August 2005 has not eased. The sun on the hill of Grammatiko went out for 121 souls. Among them are twelve people from Paralimni. Two families, Christos Pyrillis and Antonis Antoniou, were released, as well as three members of the Koutsoftas family who left behind two-year-old Vassilis at the time.
No matter how many years pass, the cross remains heavy for parents, siblings, children, relatives and friends left behind.
But who can heal the wounds and answer the thousands of unanswered questions because...
Watch the Famagusta.News video (filmed in 2018) in which relatives of the victims describe how they experience the loss…