Three people were arrested in Limassol on Monday night after a fight broke out in the city.

The police had been called at around 11pm, with bystanders reporting a mass brawl involving as many as 30 people.

When they arrived, most of those present fled. Their initial investigations at the scene determined that stones, firecrackers and fireworks had been thrown at a house, and that a 16-year-old boy inside the house had been injured as a result.

During subsequent patrols of the area, police pulled two cars over, finding one 27-year-old man and two 23-year-old men inside.

The trio were found to be in possession of “offensive weapons”, including iron bars, pipes, and crowbars, and were all arrested.

Police believe Monday night’s incident to be related to a mass brawl involving as many as 50 people in June.

That fight, which was sparked by personal differences between two families, had reportedly come about as a result of an incident of harassment of a young woman by a youth from one of the families.

As to whether it was a vendetta between two mobs, Limassol police spokesman Lefteris Kyriacou said “people involved in the conflict are expected to be called in” for questioning.

The police are “patrolling specific areas and the immediate response last night averted the worst,” he said.

Those to be called in “are people who had been recently investigated by the police for offences of a similar nature,” Kyriacou said.