Police are searching for a burglar that broke into an apartment, immobilised the owner, and stole her safe, authorities said in Nicosia on Thursday.

According to the information provided to the police by the 76-year-old woman, who owns the apartment in Nicosia, at around 1:45 am she was awoken by a noise, and when she opened the light in her room, she saw an unknown individual in the room.

Police said that the suspect then attacked her and immobilised her by holding her. The suspect then proceeded to search the room for around two minutes, where he found the woman’s safe with her jewellery and around €500 in it.

The suspect took the safe and left.

After arriving at the scene, police said that it seems the suspect entered through the bathroom window, which was unlocked.