Pafos Live 8 December 2025
An alarm was sounded in the Central Prison after a dead man was found, which immediately mobilized the authorities.
The man, of Egyptian origin, was allegedly attacked and beaten by three of his fellow inmates, including a Greek Cypriot. He was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Members of the Police as well as a medical examiner went to the prison for an autopsy on the body. The case is being investigated by the TAE of Nicosia.
Update - Filenews
Investigations and interrogations have been launched by the TAE of Nicosia for the death of a 35-year-old long-term convict foreigner within wing no. 4 of the Central Prison, after an incident he had with a Cypriot minor offender.
According to information from Filenews, the incident happened in the late afternoon when a prisoner entered the cell of the 35-year-old Egyptian and in 10 seconds got out of it. It seems that there was an incident between them and the prison guards immediately intervened and separated them. In fact, the Egyptian, after the incident, had come out of his cell and insisted on going to find the other prisoner to beat him.
Due to the disturbance caused, the security staff of the Prisons entered the wing and locked, according to our same information, all the prisoners in their cells. The 35-year-old remained in the prison guards' office and at some point and after 8-10 minutes had passed, he felt unwell and collapsed. An ambulance was immediately called to the prison where it picked him up, while at the same time the Nicosia Police Department was informed.
From the first examinations of the prison guards, the Egyptian did not seem to have any bruises on his body and tomorrow with the legal autopsy the causes of his death will become clear. It is noted that everything that took place in the wing, the efforts of the staff, their immediate reaction until their receipt, are recorded on video by the closed circuit surveillance of the prisons, which has already been handed over to the Police.
TAE investigators are taking testimonies from prison guards and detainees of the wing to clarify what had happened, whether the detainee was beaten, while the Greek Cypriot who is allegedly involved in the incident which in one way or another led to the death of the 35-year-old will also be interrogated. The deceased was serving a 17-year prison sentence for the murder of a young woman in a village in the Larnaca District.
The embassy of his country in Cyprus has already been informed about his death so that it can in turn inform his family.
The Police arrested a person in connection with the premeditated murder in the central prison today in the early hours of the morning on the basis of a court warrant.
He is a 30-year-old Greek Cypriot convict.
Today he is expected to appear before the Nicosia District Court for the issuance of a detention order.
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Filenews
The 42-year-old man, who was wanted for the attempted kidnapping of the 51-year-old Ukrainian former minister committed in Larnaca on November 20, has been arrested.
According to the Police, the 42-year-old was arrested at Paphos airport on Sunday afternoon.
The arrest took place shortly after 15:00 yesterday afternoon, by virtue of a court arrest warrant, after the 42-year-old arrived in Cyprus from a foreign country.
The suspect presented himself at the Larnaca Police Department where he respected the right to remain silent.
He will appear in court within the day for a request for a detention order.
It is recalled that the kidnapping attempt took place on November 20 in Larnaca, outside the house of the 51-year-old Ukrainian businessman, in Oroklini. As it turned out, he was a former official in Ukraine.
He told the Police that three unknown persons attacked him and tried to force him into a commercial vehicle.
Specifically, according to what he reported to the police, while he was at home, together with two other people, a 36-year-old woman and a 72-year-old man, they noticed that near the house, there was a parked commercial car, in which three people were riding.
The vehicle aroused suspicion in the 51-year-old, who, together with the 72-year-old, approached the vehicle to check it. As they approached the vehicle, they were allegedly attacked by the three strangers, who had their faces covered with surgical masks.
The two persons reacted, as a result of which the attackers fled, even leaving the commercial vehicle at the scene.
From subsequent examinations, it was found that the registration plates carried by the commercial vehicle belong to another vehicle, while inside the vehicle a pistol, an empty magazine and other evidence were found and received.
The 51-year-old and the 72-year-old were slightly injured in the attack.
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Shortly after 03:00 in the early hours of today, a fire broke out in three cars parked in an open fenced area in Limassol.
The vehicles were completely destroyed.
The investigations will continue with the first light of day. The Limassol Police Department is investigating the case.
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An armed robbery in a bakery is being investigated by the Police in Limassol.
Around 23:30 last night, an unknown man entered a bakery in Agios Athanasios and under the threat of a knife, managed to extort a sum of money from the store's cashier.
In addition, he removed from the employee a gold chain that she wore around her neck.
The TAE Limassol continues the examinations.
