Pafos Live 24 June 2023
A bomb explosion occurred around nine in the evening at the entrance of an apartment in the district of Mouttalos.
A foreigner of Arab origin lives in the apartment. There were no injuries or damage from the explosion. The scene has been cordoned off by police and tests will be held today.
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A British permanent resident of Pegeia reported to the police that unknown persons broke into his residence yesterday, from which they stole mainly gold, the value of which has not yet been assessed.
The perpetrators also stole 4 passports of the British couple as well as their car in which they fled.
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Filenews
The complaint of two boys aged 9 and 4, who for six whole months went through hell from their mother's cohabitant, who allegedly brutally abused them, even wounding one child with a knife, cannot be accommodated in a human mind.
The mother, who was allegedly present when the children, who are now in the care of the Social Welfare Services, were abused was also arrested in the case.
The two defendants were referred yesterday to a direct trial before the Permanent Assize Court, which will meet in Larnaca on July 27. However, despite the request of the Police to keep the alleged perpetrator in custody, for the purpose of protecting the victims, the Larnaca District Court released him, conditionally, which caused many questions and great discomfort in the ranks of the Force.
The defendant, who is a Greek Cypriot, according to "F" information, faces very serious offences arising from the legislation against torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, injury, causing actual bodily harm, common assault, cruelty to a child under 16 years of age and mental harm.
According to the testimonies before the Police, the offences were committed between January and June 2023 in the district of Larnaka. The mother's cohabitant allegedly used means and methods of torturing the children, who gave a videotaped statement to the police, with the 9-year-old boy giving details. According to the complaint, the defendant brutally beat the two children almost every night, sometimes locking the 9-year-old in a very small warehouse with a dog, taking him out in the cold in the winter as punishment, and in one case allegedly wounding him with a knife in the leg.
The cohabitant and mother, aged 36 and 39 respectively, were arrested on June 14. The 36-year-old was remanded in custody twice for four days, while the mother, who also faces serious offences, cited health reasons and was not remanded in custody.
Yesterday they appeared before the court, which put them on trial, ordering that the 36-year-old also be released on parole. He was reportedly ordered to deposit €10,000 as collateral, hand over his travel documents, report three times a week at a police station, and have his name placed on the stop list. In addition, he was forbidden to approach the two children less than 100 meters away, while a decree was issued to exclude both from the family home.
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A 32-year-old female resident of Nicosia was arrested shortly after midnight today on the basis of a court warrant and detained to facilitate investigations into an ongoing case of attempted murder.
Specifically, around 8 last night a 36-year-old woman reported to the Police that, around 7 pm, while she was in a central part of Nicosia, she was attacked by the 32-year-old who allegedly injured her with a knife in the neck and hand.
The 36-year-old visited Nicosia General Hospital where she was given first aid and discharged.
The 32-year-old is being investigated for offences of conspiracy to commit a felony, attempted murder, acts intending to cause grievous bodily harm, wounding and carrying knives.
The Nicosia Central Police Station continues the examinations.
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Two people aged 45 and 46 were arrested for facilitating police investigations into an ongoing case of assisting third country nationals to illegally enter the territory of the Republic of Cyprus, following the arrival of another 16 people in an inflatable boat, which was taking on water and eventually sank. All passengers were safely transported ashore by the Port Police.
According to an announcement by the Communication Branch of the Police Headquarters, "members of the Port and Maritime Police received on the afternoon of Friday, June 23, 16 irregular migrants and transported them safely to the Paralimni fishing shelter. The rubber boat with 16 people on board was spotted about 11 nautical miles east of Cape Greco."
It is added that "during the escort of the irregular migrants by the members of the Port and Maritime Police, the engine of their boat stopped working while at the same time it was entering water".
"All the people on board the boat safely boarded the boat of the Coast Guard, while their boat eventually sank after apparently having undergone modifications while its balloons were worn and almost deflated," it said.
All arrivals were safely transferred ashore and then taken to the Pournara Accommodation Centre in Kokkinotrimithia.
Police examinations "revealed testimonies against two persons aged 45 and 46, who appear to have been the drivers of the boat, who were arrested to facilitate interrogations. Today the two arrested are expected to be brought before the Famagusta District Court for detention orders."
The ICF of Famagusta continues the examinations.
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Cyprus Mail
Police in Limassol announced on Saturday that they are searching for the perpetrator of a racist attack against a delivery driver, launching an investigation following the circulation of a video on social media.
The video captures a young motorcyclist harassing a foreign delivery driver and using racist expressions against him.
Subsequently, the young man is seen removing and stealing the license plates from the delivery driver’s motorbike.
According to the police, despite no formal complaint being filed regarding the incident, the police took it upon themselves to conduct an investigation due to the uproar caused by the video’s dissemination online.
The video is being examined by members of the Limassol crime investigation unit, who have taken charge of the case.
Finally, the police explained that investigators have obtained CCTV footage from establishments in the area, the contents of which are being evaluated to clarify the details of the incident.
