Filenews 25 September 2023
A 30-year-old Greek Cypriot who was the target of a criminal attack is being treated in a private hospital.
The incident took place today at around 01:30. As soon as he parked his vehicle in the apartment building where he lives in the area of Engomi, four strangers with covered faces attacked him, beating him with clubs and other objects in various parts of his body.
The 30-year-old managed to escape and sought help from another person, who took him to the private hospital. According to the latest update from the police, the victim of the attack was detained for hospitalization.
It was found that he was injured in the leg with a sharp object, while he had an obvious blow to the forehead.
Reports said the young man told police he had no suspicions about the people who beat him.
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Pafos Live 26 September
A new malicious action at a gas station in Peyia occurred last night, a week after the arson of a double-cab vehicle belonging to the operator of another petrol station.
The fire in a double-cab fuel carrier, which was parked inside a service station facility, broke out shortly before nine o'clock last night.
According to the spokesman of the Fire Service, Andreas Kettis, the vehicle suffered extensive damage from the fire. Mr. Kettis said that with the immediate intervention of the fire brigade, the fuel pumps and the buildings of the service station were protected and not endangered.
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Police have made two arrests to facilitate investigations into an ongoing case of assault on a police officer causing actual bodily harm, malicious damage and reckless and dangerous driving.
These are two 23-year-old residents, residents of Limassol, who were arrested under court warrants and detained to facilitate interrogations.
Specifically, at dawn on the 23rd September 2023, information was received to the Police that unknown persons were causing damage, with paint spray, to walls, in a specific area, in Limassol. Members of the Police went to the area, where they spotted young people, spray-painting, on walls.
When police officers approached the youths, one of them attacked them, hitting one officer on the head. He then sprayed the spray at the second policeman and ran away.
The police followed him and saw him getting into a car, in which a second person was aboard. The driver of the vehicle, developing breakneck speed and driving dangerously managed to escape.
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Police arrested a 36-year-old man yesterday as part of an investigation into a case involving conspiracy to commit a felony, illegal possession, use and possession of drugs for the purpose of supply, illegal possession of explosives and money laundering.
Members of the Limassol YKAN stopped a man on foot outside his home in Limassol yesterday afternoon. Nothing was found in his possession, and his home was then searched with a court warrant.
During the search, a quantity of cannabis with a total gross weight of one kilogram and 360 grams, 66 factory firecrackers and 16 flares were found in various parts of the house and received as evidence.
The 36-year-old was arrested and detained to facilitate interrogations.
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