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Tow truck set on fire in Sotira
A tow truck owned by a 40-year-old man from Sotira was damaged extensively early Tuesday in an arson attack. According to police, the fire broke out at around 3.30am. The truck was located in the Ayia...
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Policeman remanded in custody
A 37-year-old male police officer was remanded for two days on Tuesday in connection with reports of sexual harassment of a minor. The report against the police officer was made by a 15-year-old girl...
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Alarming rise in road deaths
By Annette Chrysostomou There has been an alarming rise in road deaths this year in Cyprus, police officials said on Tuesday. Already, 42, many of them young people have been killed in 41 accidents....
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Cyprus second in EU for neighbourhood watchers
Cyprus ranks 2nd in implementation of the ‘Neighbourhood Watch’ programme among European Union member states that have adopted the programme, a police report said on Wednesday. According to a survey,...
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Decapitated kitten found in Limassol man’s yard
The Animal Party on Wednesday condemned the decapitation of a kitten, which was found by a resident of Apeshia in Limassol in his yard. The party said in an announcement that they contacted the police...
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India demands justice as Saudi employer accused of chopping off maid’s arm
By Nita Bhalla India’s foreign ministry called on Saudi Arabia on Friday to ensure swift justice after a Saudi employer was accused of chopping off the arm of an Indian housemaid working in Riyadh. The...
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Fine after illegal tobacco found in car
A 49-year-old from Larnaca was fined €1,200 after 19 boxes of duty free tobacco and one carton of cigarettes were found in the back of his car early on Saturday morning. Shortly past midnight, police...
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Thirteen migrants rescued off Cyprus
Thirteen refugees, including six children, were rescued near Liopetri on Saturday night, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Sunday. It said that according to police at around 7pm they received...
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Palestinian woman wounds herself with bomb near Israeli police in West Bank –...
A Palestinian woman motorist set off a bomb after being pulled over by Israeli police near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, wounding herself and an officer, police said. The...
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Two injured in knife attack in Limassol
Two men were injured in a stabbing attack in the early hours of Sunday on a street in Limassol, police said. According to police they received a call at around 5.15am that two men had been attacked...
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Cyprus police want to show their ‘human face’
Police on Sunday held an open day for the public at a site close to headquarters in Nicosia. The event, running until 6pm, included various demonstrations related to police work such as a mock...
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Police mull expansion of canine units to fight hooliganism
Police are studying utilising canine units to combat football hooliganism, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Sunday on the sidelines of the open day held by the force to interact more with the...
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Almost 200 booked overnight for speeding, drink driving
During checks on Saturday night and early Sunday, police booked 169 people for speeding and 28 for drink driving islandwide, they said. One of those booked for speeding was driving at 150kph in a...
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Man arrested in connection with burning tyres
A 37-year-old man was arrested in Paphos on Sunday evening in connection with a fire which destroyed 200 tyres. The fire was reported at around 4.50pm but the tyres were destroyed before the fire...
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Arson attack on car in Larnaca
A fire which was probably caused by arson, police said, caused extensive damage to a car in Larnaca on Monday morning. The incident happened in the parking lot of an apartment block where the owner of...
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Sale of alcohol to minors a main focus of police campaign (Updated)
By Annette Chrysostomou A week-long alcohol awareness campaign kicked off on Monday with an emphasis on drink driving and the wide availability of alcohol particularly to underage drinkers. Currently,...
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Man remanded in connection with sexual abuse of a minor
A 43-year-old man living in Larnaca was remanded for eight days on Monday after his partner’s 11-year-old daughter reported to police he had been sexually inappropriate with her over the past three...
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AG orders probe into student visas, but Hasikos off the hook (Updated)
By Elias Hazou Attorney-general Costas Clerides has instructed police to probe possible criminal offences in connection with the granting of student visas to Bangladeshi nationals. “Having reviewed the...
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Pedestrian in serious condition after hit by car
A 59-year-old man is in critical condition at the Nicosia General Hospital ICU after he was hit by a car on Monday night while crossing the street. Police reports said that the incident occurred in...
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Police work ‘more and more demanding’ minister says
The challenges being faced by police are becoming more and more demanding with the rise in criminal methods and new trends in technology, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Wednesday. Nicolaou was...
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