The World - News from May 30, 1988

About 600 Turkish Cypriots rallied to demand the removal of the Austrian commander of the U.N. peacekeeping force on the divided island after a U.N. soldier killed a Turkish Cypriot. After a religious service for slain farmer Hussein Kafa, protesters burned an effigy of Maj. Gen. Gunther Greindl, the commander of the 2,300-member U.N. force. According to the U.N. force, Kafa crossed into its zone of operations in the village of Pyla on May 21, claiming he wanted to mend a wall. After being ordered out, he fired at two Austrian soldiers, who fired back. The Mediterranean island of Cyprus has been divided into Greek and Turkish sectors since 1974, when Turkey invaded the island.