Pafos Live 29 May 2024
A fire broke out in the morning in an apartment located in the juvenile facility in Kato Paphos, as a result of which the authorities were alerted.
The causes of the fire that broke out in one of the apartments have not yet been clarified, but it is worth noting that according to information from Pafos Press, no hazardous materials were found at the scene. Apparently the fire started from a bed mattress.
The scene was cordoned off from the first moment and investigations began by the Fire Service whose members were called to the scene to extinguish the fire. Members of the Electromechanical Service are also participating in the investigations to establish the causes of the fire.
It should be noted that at the time of the fire there were no people in the apartment and no-one was in danger. The case is being examined by the Paphos TAE.
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Filenews
There was no shortage of tragedies and tensions after the conclusion of the fake debate between the three mayoral candidates for the Limassol Municipality organized by Capital TV at the amphitheater of Lanitio.
As Philenews learns, after the conclusion of the debate, a citizen tried to complain to the Mayor, Nikos Nikolaidis, about the cleanliness inside the plot, resulting in tension.
Tempers flared and tension and commotion were caused with a portion of the attendees pushing each other and holding hands.
The incident took place outside the amphitheater of Lanitio Marios Tokas, while members of the Police were also present at the scene and intervened.
According to the same information, a citizen reported to the police that he was punched by an unknown person. The case is being investigated by the Minor Offences Department of the Limassol Police Department.
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The members of the Limassol Police arrested a 60-year-old woman today, following an attack on a police officer and disobeying a decree.
This is an eviction case, with the 60-year-old refusing to accept the court document from the police to leave the residence, threatening to set fire after dousing gasoline, furniture and clothes inside the house.
According to information from the Police, the members of the Force went in the morning to the house where the 60-year-old resides in the GSO area in Limassol, in order to evict her.
At the sight of the police, the 60-year-old became furious and doused the floor, furniture and clothes with gasoline, threatening to set fire to the house. A police officer managed to prevent the 60-year-old, who resisted and bit him on the arm.
Eventually, the 60-year-old was handcuffed for disobeying a court order and assaulting a police officer.
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At the final stage of its investigation is the case of granting a Cypriot passport through naturalization of Malaysian Joe Lowe, who was subsequently found to be wanted in his country for financial crimes.
The case is one of several investigated by the special team of investigators of the ICF Police Headquarters and which is still open, although investigations have been underway for some time. For this case, as well as others, a meeting was held yesterday morning at the Legal Service with the investigators, where the investigations were reviewed and the progress of those who are still "open" was examined.
As police spokesman Christos Andreou laconically stated to "F", this is one of the usual meetings held to examine the course of investigations and investigations.
The Legal Service, he said, is monitoring the course of developments and instructions have been given for the further actions that need to be taken.
As for Joe Lowe's case, an international arrest warrant is pending against him from his country and Interpol, as well as from the Cypriot authorities. He secured the Cypriot passport in 2015 with the purchase-investment of a villa worth five million euros in Protaras, in the "Ammos tou Kambouris" area.
When evidence came to light about who he was, then the Unit for Combating Cover-Up Offences proceeded to freeze the villa with a view to confiscating it in case he was judged to have secured Cypriot citizenship fraudulently.
Archbishop Chrysostomos was also involved in Joe Taek Lowe's naturalization application, having issued a cheque to the Holy Archdiocese amounting to €300,000. When the Malaysian scandal broke out, the Archbishop returned the cheque, while the matter was investigated by the ICF Headquarters and it was judged that there was no issue of corruption.
Although there was evidence that Joe Lowe was a fugitive, it was not until May 2023 that the Council of Ministers decided to remove the granting of Cypriot citizenship to the Malaysian.
Also, while the information that he was wanted internationally, it was found that there was no evidence to support the decision to deprive the Malaysian fugitive of his citizenship.
In March 2023, the Cypriot authorities, through the Ministry of Interior, which was immediately mobilized, contacted Interpol to gather the necessary data. With the information received, the Ministry of Interior forwarded the matter to the Council of Ministers, which decided in May 2023 to deprive Joe Lowe of his citizenship.
Malaysian Joe Lowe is wanted for his involvement in embezzling more than $4.5 billion from Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund 1MDB in 2015.
Investigations in Cyprus are delayed because there have been many requests for legal assistance with the authorities in his country for information.
To the decision to remove his Cypriot citizenship, the fugitive reacted with an application to the Supreme Court with a multitude of lawyers.
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Cyprus Mail
The eight people who are currently being held in custody in relation to the shooting of Demetris Andronikou in April are to be brought back to court on Wednesday after their victim died on Tuesday night.
As a result, the charges brought against the eight suspects are now set to be upgraded to charges of attempted murder.
Andronikou, also known as “Demetroui”, succumbed to the wounds he had sustained in the shooting on April 23 late on Tuesday night.
It is expected that an autopsy will be performed on his body on Wednesday.
Andronikou was shot three times in broad daylight while riding a motorcycle in the Nicosia suburb of Lakatamia. One bullet hit him in the neck.
An eyewitness told news website the Cyprus Times that he was driving behind Andronikou and saw him drop to the ground in a pool of blood.
“I saw him as he fell to the ground. He was in front me, I stopped. He was in a pool of blood. He was wearing a helmet; I was talking to him asking him if he’s OK but he couldn’t respond,” the eyewitness said.
“Initially I didn’t understand what happened. Another driver from across the road shouted it had been a shooting. I then saw three bullet casings.”
Andronikou had been described as “well known to police”, indicating that he may have been linked to organised crime in the past. He had been visiting a detained individual who was held at the Lakatamia police station on the day he was shot.
