Police on Saturday said they arrested five men involved in a fight between two families in Limassol.

According to an announcement, police were searching for the five Syrian men in relation to charges including illegal congregation, public nuisance, carrying weapon, and spreading fear.

The five suspects arrested five men, 33, 27, 23, 30, and 29.

Officers were alerted at 9:15pm on Thursday night that on Vasileos Pavlou Street in Omonia, dozens of people were arguing.

Patrol cars which got to the scene got the crowd to disperse. Witness testimony said 30 people linked to one family originating from Syria attacked another family also from Syria using crowbars and sticks.