The threats made to President Nikos Christodoulides over social media may have originated from somewhere in the north, reports said on Tuesday.
Daily Phileleftheros said the threats were made via a social media platform that Christodoulides himself uses.
Police have not revealed any details of the ongoing investigation. But citing sources, the same newspaper said technical checks have found that the sender of the threatening message used an Internet provider located in the north.
This, the paper added, rules out that the message was sent from an IP address in territory controlled by the Republic of Cyprus, or from somewhere overseas.
Also, the signal emitted by the provider reportedly does not cover the central prisons – eliminating the possibility of the message having been written and sent from there.
As for a mobile phone found in wing 10A of the central prisons, investigations by both the police and prison authorities have shown the device is unrelated to the incident.
Authorities continue to look into a notebook found in the possession of an inmate to determine whether it is in any way linked to the case.
As previously reported, the threats appear to be connected to an ongoing court case – the trial of Turkish-Jewish land developer Simon Aykut, arrested in early June and charged with the usurpation of Greek Cypriot properties in the north.
Aykut’s lawyer said her client’s cell was searched and that she had officially requested to be briefed.
In addition, Phileleftheros said, no mobile phone has been located in the cells at the central prison which could have tapped into a provider based in the north of the island.
The incident appears to have taken place – or become known – last Friday.
On Saturday Christodoulides confirmed he had received a threat, but gave no details, saying only he had “complete faith” in authorities to get to the bottom of the case.
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