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Bomb failure

NICOSIA CID are on the lookout for culprits who attempted to blow up a car in the Ayios Dhometios area of Nicosia. The bomb, which was detonated in the early hours of yesterday morning, did not detonate and no damage was caused. Police and CID officials arrived on the scene with investigations set to continue yesterday.

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Shots fired at Limassol apartment
By Stefanos Evripidou

A LIMASSOL man was shot at while sitting on his balcony with friends over what is believed to be a financial dispute on Tuesday evening.

By midnight, police had arrested 41-year-old Georgios Taki Konnaris from Mouttayaka in connection with the attempted murder. Yesterday the court remanded Konnaris for five days.

Pieris Nicolas, 28, was sitting with friends on his balcony on the first floor of the Atrium Palace apartment block when a gunshot was fired in his direction, missing its intended target and hitting the air conditioning unit on the wall.

The perpetrator parked his double cabin on the corner of Mesolongiou and Stasinou Streets just before 7pm. With the engine running, the alleged gunman fired a shot at Nicolas with his hunting rifle. He sped off in the car immediately after.

Nicolas called police, saying he recognised his attacker. Before midnight, police arrested Konnaris, confiscating his firearms for further investigation. According to police, the incident is believed to be the culmination of a financial dispute between the two.

[brother]

You dudes in the south are dangerous.

[Christie]

Not the first case, unfortunately.. Finally "highly civilized" way to settle disputes came to Cyprus.

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I remember when we used to leave ENgland for Cyprus for two weeks to get away from this kinda shit lol.

Damn, Cyprus is turning GHETTO!

I give it 5 years before all the kids start talking semi-jamaican lol.

[cannedmoose]

Don't forget wearing hoodies and walking in an exaggerated manner (as if their balls are the size of melons)...

[Marina2005]

Another guy was shot in Limassol last week while parking his car (about 4 o'clock in the morning), i think they said he got hit with 25 bullets. He was involved with everything underground but still its scarey!

[davidp]

Hoodies and Cyprus summer heat, the kids won't have enough energy to get into mischeif

[Svetlana]

Car bombs are the weapons of choice for the 'Gangstas' here, but they are usually times to go off early in the morning so that no-one is hurt; they are just 'warnings'.

It's nearly always inter-gang warefare, so you guys and girls are quite safe. Tends to happen in Nicosia and in (Russian) Limassol.

As far as I can recall we have had no murders here this year, apart from a TC family assasinated, allegedly, by some Turks and TC; again gang related (allegedly).

Three people were arrested, in the North, but the two 'sides' could not agree who would prosecute, so I think they went free!

Lana

[Marina2005]

I would n't say that car bombs are a "Russian Limassol" thing at all!
I do agree that normal guys and girls have n't got anything to worry about but I used to work in a Bar and I met Cypriots that were involved in this stuff!!
Everyone knows who they are but thats as far as it goes, no-one wants to get involved with them.