UN police block protesters at Ledra checkpoint

UN police in Cyprus were taking no chances at the Ledra checkpoint on Monday, blocking Turkish Cypriot demonstrators in the north who wanted to bring flowers to Greek Cypriot riot police behind fortified barricades in the south.
Protesters at old Nicosia's northern end of the Ledra narrow strip within the UN buffer zone, also known as Lokmaci, were seen trying to negotiate with UN police on Monday late morning.
While some reports in the south said protesters in the north attempted to break through a UN police line, it later emerged that Turkish Cypriot police officers pushed UN officers back into the buffer zone, following a dispute over area of jurisdiction.
Other local media in the north said protesters holding red roses sought entry into the buffer zone but access was denied.
UN police held the line while UNFICYP, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in...