Filenews 20 April 2023
The ICF of Limassol is investigating a case of theft of steel bars weighing 1000 kg worth 3000 euros, stolen on 9/4 from a fenced storage area in Limassol.
Examinations revealed testimony against a 48-year-old man, against whom a warrant was obtained and he was arrested last night and detained.
The ICF Limassol is investigating.
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Two Syrians were attacked by a group of masked men inside their home in Limassol last night.
According to police, the incident took place shortly before midnight, when a group of 10 masked men, with sticks in their possession, broke into the house, where the two Syrians live, for unknown reasons so far.
The masked men allegedly attacked the two occupants, beating them on various parts of their bodies.
According to police, the suspects damaged the house and vehicle of the two Syrians and then fled.
The two people were taken with minor injuries to hospital, where they refused to receive first aid and then left.
The ICF Limassol is investigating the case.
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Great concern has been caused by the modus operandi of five masked men, who broke into the house of a well-known businessman in Larnaca with crowbars and robbed him, forcing his wife to hand over a large amount of money. The robbers, according to the complaint, spoke to each other on radios and disrupted the entire house looking for money.
The complaint was made at five a.m. on Wednesday by the 71-year-old businessman, who told police that while he was with his wife and daughter at home sleeping, they heard noise and their dog barking. The attackers are believed to have jumped from the porch and entered the house by breaching the side door.
As the businessman's son told Omega's midday show, there is an alarm system in the house, however, unknown why, it did not sound. "My mother got up to see what happened, the door opened violently and hit her in the face. The first masked man entered, then four more appeared. This is organised crime, they were holding radios and talking to each other and they had ropes and bags with them."
The assessment is that the aim of the perpetrators was to tie up the occupants of the house, but they were caught by surprise when they came face to face with them. The 71-year-old businessman, at one point, tried to push them away, but they pushed him and fell to the ground. "They entered my sister's room, luckily the kids who were usually there were missing. Then they messed up the rooms. Then they asked where the safe was. They spoke broken Greek."
The five masked men discovered the safe that was in the living room and forced the businessman's wife to open it for them. From inside they grabbed €15,150 euros and two gold rings worth €5,000. They then grabbed €5,500 that was in the bedroom. Before disappearing, they tried to destroy the house's CCTV by pouring water, but the alarm system was activated and they were forced to leave. The closed-circuit surveillance of the house is under the microscope of the Larnaca ICF, which expanded the searches in the surrounding area, in an effort to identify testimonies about the movements of the robbers.
It is believed that the perpetrators had planned how to act, knowing who owned the house
