Cameroonian suspect starts to talk in Pakistani death case

The 39-year-old man from Cameroon, who has been arrested in connection with the death of 24-year-old Pakistani national Shoaib Khan, has started to talk, sources told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on Monday.

The man from Cameroon had been arrested on January 15.

Meanwhile, a 37-year-old man has been arrested for attempted murder and conspiracy to commit a crime.

According to the police, a vehicle involved in the incident has been located.

Police are searching for a second person. The man wanted is Rawais Khan, 27, from Pakistan.

The Republic of Cyprus’ police has already requested that the Turkish Cypriot authorities hand over four people named as suspects, according to reports on Saturday.

The CNA reported that “informed sources” said it was currently “unclear” as to whether the Turkish Cypriot authorities would satisfy the request.

The four people who the Republic have requested be handed over are 62-year-old Halil Alaslan, 31-year-old Coskun Alaslan, 22-year-old Atilla Alaslan and a fourth individual who was arrested by the Turkish Cypriot police while trying to leave the island from the Kyrenia port on Wednesday.

The fourth individual was not initially named as a suspect by the Republic’s police, but, according to CNA, “has been of concern” to the Republic’s police in the past.

Shoaib Khan was found dead in the Nicosia suburb of Strovolos on January 6, but was among a group of third-country nationals attempting to cross the buffer zone in the village of Potamia during an incident in which police said they fired four shots at two vehicles.

It is now believed that more than four shots were fired during the incident.

The Turkish Cypriot authorities had found that Khan had entered the north on November 29, 2021, on a 60-day tourist visa, and had never left through any of the north’s regulated ports of entry.

The 39-year-old man, who police believe transported Khan from Potamia to Strovolos, where he was later found dead, was arrested on Wednesday and remanded in custody for eight days on Thursday.

He reportedly confessed to having taken Khan to Strovolos. After his arrest, he was escorted by police back to Potamia to point out his precise movements there.