Pafos Live 18 August 2025
Family tragedy in Chloraka. A foreigner, of Ukrainian origin, fatally injured his partner in her residence in the Melanos area of Chloraka on Sunday.
The police have released the name of the victim of yesterday's femicide in the Melanos area of Chloraka. It is the 34-year-old Greek expatriate Papakitsa Eirina who holds a Greek passport. The Paphos Police Department is investigating a case of premeditated murder.
According to the data under examination, around 17:30 yesterday, the Police received information about an injured woman and child in a residence in Chloraka.
Members of the Police went to the scene, where they located the 34-year-old, who did not have vital signs, as well as her 14-year-old son injured. A 53-year-old man was also found at the scene, also injured.
The 14-year-old and the 53-year-old were transferred to the Paphos General Hospital, where they received medical treatment.
A court arrest warrant was issued against the 53-year-old and he was arrested to facilitate the investigations. Subsequently, he was transferred to the Nicosia General Hospital, where he is hospitalized with his health condition being stable. The child has minor injuries sustained in his attempt to prevent the perpetrator from attacking his mother.
At the Paphos District Court, the proceedings for the issuance of a detention warrant for the 53-year-old suspect for yesterday's murder of a woman in Chloraka will be held shortly before noon.
The 53-year-old is hospitalized in the Paphos hospital and the police will request the detention of the suspect in absentia and in the presence of his lawyer.
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Officials of the Customs Department at Paphos Airport, after evaluating information, selected for inspection the luggage of a 33-year-old passenger with British citizenship, who was traveling from Paphos to the United Kingdom, last Saturday.
During the physical check of her luggage, large quantities of tobacco products were found and confiscated, which did not bear the marking for the harmfulness of smoking in Greek and Turkish, nor the security feature and the unique traceability code, indications that they were duty-free. Specifically, 64 boxes of 200 cigarettes each were found in her luggage. The passenger was arrested for flagrant offenses, while her luggage and contents were confiscated. She was later released, after accepting her proposal for an out-of-court settlement of the offences by paying an amount of €2,700 and abandoning the tobacco products for destruction.
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Filenews
The Police in Limassol arrested a 31-year-old man, who, in his attempt to avoid control, caused a car accident. He was without license plates and was carrying a knife and drugs
According to the Police, yesterday afternoon a four-wheeled motorcycle was spotted by a member of the Police moving in an area of Limassol, without license plates and the driver not wearing a helmet.
The driver was signaled to stop for a check. He did not respond and tried to escape. It led to a contrary flow of traffic, dangerously and recklessly. At some point he collided with a car and as a result he was immobilized.
In the possession of the 31-year-old four-wheeled driver, a small amount of cannabis, a crusher and a knife were found, resulting in his arrest for flagrant offenses.
The 31-year-old was injured in the collision and was transported by ambulance to the Limassol General Hospital, where he was detained for hospitalization (vertebral fracture). Examinations continue.
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The Police arrested four people in Larnaca, investigating possession, use and transportation of a firearm, reckless acts, and other offenses.
According to the Police, there was a complaint by two citizens that on different occasions yesterday, while they were in open spaces in Larnaca, they felt blows from an unknown object, one on the head and the other on the back (unknown, possibly with the use of an air gun).
It seems that they came from a passing car, in which the four arrested were on board, as it was later ascertained.
Warrants were issued against them and they were arrested to facilitate interrogations. The examinations are ongoing.
Update - 4 Greek Cypriots aged 22, 23, 26 and 30 who were arrested on suspicion of shooting at civilians will appear before the Larnaca District Court, two of whom made complaints of blows from an unknown object, one to the head and the other to the back.
The complaints were made last night by a man and a foreign woman, who were beaten in the area of Drosia and in the crowded Piale Pasha, while walking. One complaint was made shortly after 8:00 p.m. and the other around 9:00.
The suspects were riding in a car and shooting through it, possibly with an air gun. According to information from Filenews, one of the citizens managed to write down part of the registration numbers of the car in which the young people were riding. Based on this evidence, the Larnaca Police proceeded to the arrest of the four, who are suspected, among other things, of possessing, using and transporting a firearm, as well as reckless acts.
So far, the reason why the perpetrators took these actions remains unknown. The Police are also looking for testimonies from closed circuit surveillance in the area, while within the day the four are expected to be interrogated.
It is noted that the two citizens were not injured.
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The investigations of the Famagusta TAE continue with the aim of locating the person who caused a new disturbance in an open-air premises in Ayia Napa, which was evacuated yesterday (17/8) for the second time in three weeks, when an unknown person warned of the alleged existence of an explosive device. It is noted that on July 26, after a phone call from an unknown person, a defensive grenade was found in the area, resulting in the evacuation of the premises again, which was crowded with people.
The investigators of the case estimate that the same people are behind the two cases and focus on both the professional and personal environment of the owners. What is estimated is that the perpetrators want to send a specific message to the owners, but also to influence the activity of the premises.
Early yesterday afternoon, an unknown man had called a television station in Nicosia and warned, as last time, that there was an explosive device in the area. The area was immediately evacuated and extensive searches were carried out on the spot by members of the Famagusta ADE and pyrotechnicians, without detecting anything.
At noon on Saturday, July 26, the Famagusta Police had been put on red alert, after an unknown person had called the Ayia Napa Police Station, as well as a television station in Nicosia, stating that there were explosive devices both in this particular premises and in other places in the Ayia Napa area. Immediately after the first phone call, the police protocol was implemented, which concerns explosives and suspicious objects. Members of the Police, with detection dogs, had rushed to the premises and located a defensive grenade, from which the ring had not been removed.
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The 23-year-old from Bulgaria allegedly stabbed an 18-year-old Greek Cypriot in the abdomen in a restaurant in Paralimni that belongs to the latter's father.
According to information from Filenews, the 23-year-old, who lives permanently in the area, again engaged the Police for thefts and burglaries and had even been released from prison on August 12, four days before the murder attempt. It is for this reason that the Municipality of Paralimni-Deryneia, through a statement, expressed concern, calling on "the state to fully assume its responsibilities for the safety of both citizens and visitors".
It is noted that the assassination attempt was committed in front of the eyes of patrons of the restaurant at 8:15 on Saturday evening. Members of the Police rushed to the scene and found that the 18-year-old had been attacked as a result of which he was seriously injured, while the perpetrator fled.
The 18-year-old was initially transferred to the Famagusta General Hospital, where it was found that he had a serious injury to the body, caused by a sharp object. He was then transferred to the Nicosia General Hospital, where he is hospitalized, with his health condition out of danger, according to the attending physicians.
The 23-year-old alleged perpetrator was spotted half an hour later walking around in his underwear in an area in Paralimni. Initially, he was arrested for the flagrant offenses of causing concern, public nuisance and disturbing the peace, since when he was approached by police officers he started shouting. He was subsequently linked to the attempted murder and was arrested for this offense as well. Yesterday he was brought before the Famagusta District Court, which ordered his detention for a period of 8 days. The Famagusta TAE continues the examinations in order to clarify why the alleged perpetrator attacked the 18-year-old.
Expressing its concern, the Municipality of Paralimni-Deryneia spoke of an isolated incident, indicating, however, that it constitutes an insult to the image of the tourist area internationally. "Of particular concern is the fact that people with a burdened, as it seems, history of delinquent behaviors are circulating, causing unhindered disruption in the life of our society and manifesting acts of violence," it notes in a statement, "calling on the state to fully assume its responsibilities for the safety of both citizens and visitors, applying the current legislation with all strictness."
The Municipality also expressed its gratitude to the Famagusta Police Department "for the immediate intervention to locate and arrest the perpetrator".
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Cyprus Mail
Large quantities of tobacco products on which duty had not been paid were discovered in two separate cases by customs officers at Larnaca airport following checks on luggage on Saturday, police said on Monday.
In the first case, an out-of-court settlement was reached, while in the second case, the passenger was arrested.
On Saturday, the luggage of a 35-year-old passenger travelling from Larnaca to Luton, United Kingdom, was selected for inspection by the customs department.
A total of 71 boxes of 200 cigarettes were found in his luggage, which did not bear health warnings in either Greek or Turkish, nor the security feature and the unique traceability code, indicating taxes had not been paid.
The passenger was arrested for the evident offences, while the contents of the luggage of his were confiscated. He was later released, after agreeing an out-of-court settlement for €2,200, while the tobacco products were seized to be destroyed.
In a second incident, also on Saturday, customs officers selected for inspection the luggage of a 39-year-old passenger travelling to Manchester.
“Seventy boxes of 200 cigarettes were found in his luggage, and the passenger was arrested for evident offences with the luggage and its contents confiscated.”
The tobacco products, which did not bear health warnings in Greek or Turkish, nor the security feature and the unique traceability code, were seized.
On Sunday he was taken to Larnaca district court, which issued a two-day remand order against him.
