Pafos Live 17 June 2025
A clash between two groups of Syrians took place last night outside the "Dasoudi" park in Paphos. During the clash, five young men aged 19 to 36 were injured and taken to the Paphos hospital for treatment, while the police issued three arrest warrants against their compatriots.
The unprecedented incident occurred around 8.30 p.m. on the back side of the park located on the central Avenue of Greece. During the fierce clash during which crowbars, sticks, stones and even sledgehammers were used. Five people were injured and taken to the Paphos hospital.
Two of them were detained for hospitalization, while the other three, after being provided with first aid, were discharged. More seriously injured is a 20-year-old man who underwent surgery after suffering a trauma to the shoulder blade and chest caused by a cutting instrument.
His condition is characterized as serious but out of danger. During the violent incident, three vehicles belonging to Syrian residents of Paphos were damaged. The scene has been cordoned off by the police and the tests are expected to continue today.
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An online fraud of €17,000 against a 55-year-old man in Paphos is being investigated by the police. According to the complaint, a citizen who maintains an account in a commercial bank received a message on his mobile phone from a link for the payment of an out-of-court fine.
When the complainant followed his link, a website appeared informing him that a fine of 85 euros was pending and that he could pay it directly through this link.
Subsequently, however, he received a message from his bank that two bank transfers were made from his account for the amount of €17,000 to unknown bank accounts. Authorities have repeatedly urged the public not to enter personal or banking details in links sent via SMS or email without confirmation
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The Police arrested a 41-year-old visitor on Sunday evening at Paphos Airport in order to facilitate investigations into an ongoing case of drunkenness, public concern and resistance to lawful arrest.
According to police, the 41-year-old, who was traveling on a scheduled flight to England, was allegedly under the influence of alcohol and refused to comply with the instructions of the airline, which banned him from boarding.
The Police were immediately notified, members of which rushed to the scene and attempted to put him under control.
Nevertheless, the 41-year-old reacted strongly, caused concern in the area and repelled the police officers, resulting in his arrest and detention.
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Filenews
Important developments are recorded behind the arrests of the juvenile suspects, who are in custody for the case of robbery in a bakery in Limassol.
After thorough examinations by the Police, it has been possible to connect the minors to the case of a bombing in a pub, which took place a few weeks ago in the area of Zakaki.
The investigations found that the vehicle in which the perpetrators of the bombing moved was connected to the minors.
It is recalled that the four minors – a 15-year-old, two 17-year-olds and a 14-year-old – were arrested under court warrants and are in custody for the robbery case.
They are expected to be brought before the Limassol District Court today for the issuance of a request for their detention, in a procedure that will be held behind closed doors.
Update - With the proceedings taking place behind closed doors, the four minors arrested on suspicion of the bombing of a pub were detained for a period of eight days.
The minors, in addition to their involvement in the case of the robbery in a bakery, are also allegedly involved in vehicle theft and a bomb attack.
As Filenews is informed, during their interrogation, the two minors (14 and 15 years old) place themselves in the two tents.
Specifically, the second suspect, aged 14, in his testimony before his lawyer, places himself in the two tents. However, he claims he did nothing and named the other three suspects. He also mentioned that he and the 15-year-old went to Limassol by bus, to go to the house of their 17-year-old friend. The second 17-year-old was also there.
As he said, at some point they went out and, at a close distance from the house, stole a vehicle, which – as he claimed – was opened by the two 17-year-olds. Then they went for walks in Limassol.
He also said that, at some point, he fell asleep, while, as one 17-year-old was driving, he stopped outside the pub, where the second 17-year-old got down with him, planted the bomb and they left. After that, he claimed that he woke up when they had returned to the 15-year-old's house in Orounta.
He also mentioned that he had gone to the pub earlier, when they got them out of the stolen car. He also claimed to have seen a 17-year-old holding a round tall object with black tape and a wick on top.
The 15-year-old, during his interrogation, among other things, places himself in both scenes and confirms what the second suspect (14-year-old) said.
He claimed that the two 17-year-olds had a key to a car with which they stole it and then left, with the two being the driver and co-driver. The 15-year-old, along with the 14-year-old, was in the back seat.
On the way, as he said, he was holding a black, round bomb with a "star", which the 17-year-old gave him.
At one point, he said that the two of them (15 and 14 years old) got out of the vehicle in the afternoon and, after a while, they returned and were picked up by the two 17-year-olds.
He said that, at some point, they stopped outside the pub and a 17-year-old got out of the car, planted the bomb and then returned to the vehicle and left.
During their escape, he heard the explosion. Then, they returned to the residence of their 17-year-old friend and, in the same car – which he left them as a "gift" for his birthday – he returned to his home in Orounta.
It should be noted that two of the four minors also described the theft of the car. The authorities arrived on their trail after locating the stolen vehicle near the 15-year-old's house in Orounta.
Also, from closed circuits monitoring the area, where the explosive device was placed in the pub, the owner of the vehicle stolen by the minors recognized it as his own. Shortly before the theft, the minors were recorded by security cameras.
It is worth mentioning that there is a testimony according to which, two hours before the explosion in the pub, two persons were noticed moving on foot in the area and at a distance of ten meters from the spot. The witness saw them getting into a vehicle and their movements seemed suspicious.
The other two 17-year-olds are expected to be questioned later in the day.
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During a patrol, around 2.30 a.m. on Tuesday, members of the Limassol ULAE spotted a suspicious motorcycle with a driver, parked in an open area in Limassol.
During the approach for control, the driver abandoned an object on the ground and escaped. An attempt was made to stop him without a positive result. A warning shot was fired.
A 10-liter plastic bottle with an unknown liquid substance and a custom factory cylindrical firecracker were found at the scene.
The TAE Limassol continues its examinations.
Update - The investigations of the Limassol TAE are in full progress to locate an unknown person, who was planning a bomb attack in the eastern area of the city. According to the Police, the criminal act was prevented in time thanks to the intervention of the Limassol ADE patrols.
As stated by the Assistant Police Director of Operations and head of the Limassol TAE, Lefteris Kyriakou, the incident occurred around 2:30 in the morning of Tuesday.
"A patrol of the Limassol Police Department, which was operating in the area in the context of the prevention of organized crime, located a suspicious person on a motorcycle of large displacement. During his attempt to arrest him, the suspect threw an object on the ground, which was found to be an improvised incendiary explosive device with a firecracker installed," Mr. Kyriakou said.
A pursuit followed with the assistance of other patrols, but it was not possible to arrest the suspect. The investigators of the TAE are studying visual material from closed circuit surveillance of the area and continue the investigations to secure testimonies that will lead to his identification.
At the same time, according to information from philenews, the authorities seem to have formed an image of the possible target of the attempt.
Mr. Kyriakou confirmed that the area in which the suspect was located was not accidental, as serious criminal actions had been recorded there in the past.
"The Police take measures both for the prevention and for the investigation of crimes. In this context, the suspect was also identified, and it seems that a serious criminal act was prevented," he concluded.
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A nurse of the Famagusta General Hospital was handcuffed by the Police, for an indecent attack on a male patient.
According to information, the complaint was made by a foreigner to the Famagusta Police on June 14.
According to the complaint, on June 11, the nurse indecently attacked him while he was being examined.
The suspect was brought before the Famagusta District Court for the issuance of an arrest warrant.
The nurse faces an offense for indecent assault.
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Concurrent sentences, the longest of six years, were imposed today (17/6) by the Limassol Permanent Assize Court on the 76-year-old defendant who admitted to the sexual abuse of his six-year-old granddaughter. The accused, as revealed by Filenews on April 7, is the stepfather of the father of the minor child.
The Court of Assize during today's proceedings, which was held behind closed doors, imposed various sentences on the accused, the maximum of six years in 8 charges relating to the sexual abuse of a minor. The remaining two charges were sentenced to 4 years.
It is recalled that the 76-year-old defendant from Greece admitted all 10 charges he faces and concern the offense of sexual abuse of a minor under 10 years of age, on different dates, of indecent act and sexual exploitation.
The horrific case was brought to light by Filenews with the torture of the underage girl beginning in 2023, when the victim was at the tender age of 6. The atrocities included in the file of the horrific case happened in the last two years, when the child's 76-year-old grandfather came to Cyprus for holidays and lived in the same house where the victim and her parents lived.
What the little girl experienced from the 76-year-old defendant was revealed after a specific incident that came to the attention of the parents. The victim told everything and then the case was reported to the Investigation Branch of Cases of Sexual Abuse of Minors of the Police Headquarters. After the complaint made to the authorities, the 76-year-old was arrested in Greece with a European arrest warrant and transferred to Cyprus, where he was brought to justice.
