Larnaca district court has issued an eight-day remand order against the 34-year-old man arrested in Larnaca on Thursday on suspicion of kidnapping a woman, causing malicious damage and assaulting a police officer.

The police received a complaint at around 8.20pm on Wednesday that a man had hit a woman in a Larnaca car park, forced her into a car and driven off.

Investigations led to a 34-year-old from Larnaca, whom the police found in his residence along with the woman.

On entering the house, the police were assaulted by the man, who was subsequently arrested.