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Man arrested for car arson Cyprus

Man arrested for car arson

August 20th, 2018 Nicosia police arrested a 38-year-old man on Sunday in connection with the arson of a car earlier in the day. Authorities said the fire was called in at 3.20am, and occurred in a parked car in Nicosia. The car was heavily damaged by the flames, and investigations revealed it was arson. Police received a tip against the...
Shop damaged in what is thought to be arson Cyprus

Shop damaged in what is thought to be arson

August 12th, 2018 The front of a shop was damaged by fire in the early hours of Sunday in what the fire brigade considers to be arson. The fire brigade received a call at 5.28am that there was a fire on the ground floor of a building on Simos Menandrou street in Nicosia. Two fire engines were dispatched from the Acropolis fire station and the fire...
Two suspected arson attacks in the early hours Cyprus

Two suspected arson attacks in the early hours

August 1st, 2018 The fire service received two calls regarding two different fires which are thought to have been maliciously caused, just after midnight on Tuesday they said. A call was received at about 12.30am regarding a fire in a wooden kiosk, in a fenced area, in the yard of Pera Chorio Nisou high school. The fire service responded with two fire...
Five cars destroyed by arson Cyprus

Five cars destroyed by arson

July 29th, 2018 Five vehicles were destroyed earlier in the day by arson in a car parking facility in Larnaca, police said on Sunday. The fire at the facility, owned by a 28-year-old man, erupted at around 4am. It was put out by the fire service but five vehicles were destroyed. Initial investigations indicate that it was arson, police said....
Ice cream shop completely destroyed in suspected arson Cyprus

Ice cream shop completely destroyed in suspected arson

July 28th, 2018 An ice cream shop in the village of Lania, Limassol was completely destroyed by suspected arson late Friday night, police said on Saturday. According to police the fire broke out at the ice cream shop, located next to the home of the 42-year-old owner at approximately 11:30pm. The fire service was called to the scene and the fire...
Paphos fire is likely arson Cyprus

Paphos fire is likely arson

June 28th, 2018 The fire department said on Thursday that a fire raging in the Tsada area, Paphos, was likely a malicious act. Firefighers, as well as helicopters and aircraft, were deployed to put out the fire which broke out around 3.30pm. A fire department spokesman said that so far the blaze has burned around four hectares of wild...
Huge Pano Pyrgos fire under control Cyprus

Huge Pano Pyrgos fire under control

June 22nd, 2018 The huge fire which burnt 30 hectares of dense forest in the northwest of the island is under full control, spokesman for the forestry department Christos Christou said on Friday morning. The fire broke out at 6.30pm on Thursday in a forest near Ayia Paraskevi and Pano Pyrgos in the Tyllyria area and quickly spread due to strong winds....
Elderly man arrested in connection with arson Cyprus

Elderly man arrested in connection with arson

June 15th, 2018 Police on Friday arrested a 72-year-old man on suspicion of setting two fires at the villages of Kantou and Sotira in Limassol the previous day. The first fire started between 4.30pm and 5pm at Kantou landfill, police said. It was put out by the fire service after it burned two hectares of dry grass and rubbish. Shortly afterwards,...
Arson thought to be cause of café fire Crime

Arson thought to be cause of café fire

May 11th, 2018 Arson is believed to be the cause of a fire which broke out early on Friday at a café in the Nicosia district. Police were notified of the incident in Lakatamia at 1.10am and together with members of the fire service rushed to the scene. The fire was extinguished, and preliminary investigations found that it was started on...
Arrest after attempted arson in Paphos (Updated) Crime

Arrest after attempted arson in Paphos (Updated)

April 13th, 2018 A man who tried to set fire to a restaurant on Tombs of the Kings Road in Paphos on Thursday evening was arrested and remanded for five days on Friday. Police said the man, 56, had a personal dispute with the owner of the restaurant. At around 11pm, the man started a fire after he broke the glass of the kitchen door. The place was...
Paphos school fire caused by arson Cyprus

Paphos school fire caused by arson

April 2nd, 2018 A fire which broke out at an elementary school in Paphos on Sunday evening has been caused by arson. According to police, the fire at Neapolis street was detected at 7.15pm and extinguished by fire fighters. Police officers and the fire services concluded that car tyres were placed outside the school’s lavatories and set on...
Man wanted for arson, burglaries Crime

Man wanted for arson, burglaries

March 29th, 2018 A Russian national is wanted by police in connection with cases of arson, burglaries and robberies that took place in February and March 2018 in the Paphos district. Ernalis Kozmiov, 30, is also wanted on suspicion of conspiring to commit a felony and unlawful possession of explosives. Authorities urge anyone with information as to...
Man remanded over arson attack on Paphos journalist’s car Crime

Man remanded over arson attack on Paphos journalist’s car

March 21st, 2018 A 35-year-old man, arrested late on Tuesday in connection with an arson attack on a journalist’s car in Paphos on Monday, was remanded for six days on Wednesday. The car belonging to the owners of news portal PafosPress suffered extensive damage in what the authorities said was an arson attack. The vehicle was parked in the...
Journalists' car torched in Paphos (Updated) Cyprus

Journalists' car torched in Paphos (Updated)

March 19th, 2018 A car belonging to the owners of news portal PafosPress was destroyed by fire early on Monday in what the authorities said was an arson attack. The car was parked in the garage of the owners when the blaze broke out at around 3.15am. It is registered in the name of journalist Marios Ignatiou’s wife, Stavroula, who is also the...
Man caught on CCTV setting fire to apartment Crime

Man caught on CCTV setting fire to apartment

March 8th, 2018 A 40-year-old Bulgarian has been arrested after he was caught on CCTV setting fire to an apartment in the Ayia Napa region. A pensioner from the area reported to police on Wednesday afternoon that his apartment had been arsoned. CID officers went to the scene and examined the CCTV footage. The footage, police said, showed a man...
Police searching for two men as argument develops into arson Crime

Police searching for two men as argument develops into arson

February 6th, 2018 A 35-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday afternoon in Polis Chrysochou after a scuffle broke out with two other men, 27 and 30, over car trouble, police said. The argument between the three occurred when the 35-year-old claimed the others had not repaired his vehicle. According to police, the 35-year-old set the 27-year-old...
Son sets family home on fire after argument with his dad Cyprus

Son sets family home on fire after argument with his dad

February 4th, 2018 A house in Frenaros in the Famagusta district was extensively damaged by fire on Saturday after the son of the owner set it alight following a quarrel with his father in which he was beaten and injured. According to police, around 6pm, they received a call about the fire at the home of a 46-year-old expat in the village. ...
Larnaca fires likely arson Crime

Larnaca fires likely arson

February 1st, 2018 An abandoned house on the Anglisides-Alethriko road and four cars in Larnaca were destroyed by fires overnight which were likely caused by arson. At around 3.30am on Thursday two cars belonging to a woman and her son, one worth €3,000 and the other €1,000 which were parked on the ground floor of their house in Larnaca, were...
Police investigate links between car theft, arson Cyprus

Police investigate links between car theft, arson

January 11th, 2018 Police said on Thursday they are investigating any links between a car theft in Larnaca, a car arson and the robbery of a petrol station in Limassol on Wednesday night. Authorities in Larnaca on Wednesday night received information of a rental car with four to five passengers moving suspiciously. The same vehicle was later that night...
Fire destroys Larnaca nightclub Cyprus

Fire destroys Larnaca nightclub

December 1st, 2017 A fire which was likely caused by arson badly damaged a night club in Larnaca early on Friday morning. Police were alerted to a fire at the Lagoon club in the Makenzie area at 3.30am. Firefighters rushed to the scene and with two fire trucks the fire was brought under control by 4.20am before it could spread to the first...
Football association deputy head’s car target of arson attack Cyprus

Football association deputy head’s car target of arson attack

October 11th, 2017 A car belonging to the vice president of the football association, Giorgos Koumas, was destroyed by fire in Nicosia at around 4am on Wednesday. According to police, the Mercedes S class vehicle was parked in the underground parking of a five-storey block of flats on Kyriakou Matsis street at the time. The fire which is believed to...
Arson destroys two cars, damages houses Crime

Arson destroys two cars, damages houses

September 30th, 2017 Two cars worth €18,000 were completely destroyed and houses were damaged in a fire early on Saturday at Livadia, Larnaca, which police said was set deliberately. According to a police report, around 2am Saturday the fire service was notified of two cars burning outside a house in Livadia. Men from the Oroklini fire station and...
Paphos arsonist arrested Cyprus

Paphos arsonist arrested

September 22nd, 2017 Paphos police on Friday arrested a man who was wanted for setting a car on fire in the town two days earlier. The offence occurred on September 20 at 5am when a 60-year-old pharmacist reported to police that an area outside his premises and his car which was parked outside were on fire. Police officers found five places on fire...
Arsonists destroy cars in Limassol Cyprus

Arsonists destroy cars in Limassol

September 19th, 2017 Five cars were destroyed in Limassol early on Tuesday after they were set alight by arsonists, police said. The fire service had been notified to respond to a blaze at a used car dealership at 3.30am. The fire destroyed five vehicles and damaged a sixth one as well as the dealership's front. The business belongs to two men, aged 50...
Man arrested for arson Cyprus

Man arrested for arson

August 23rd, 2017 A man who was wanted for arson which destroyed a car and badly damaged two others was arrested on Wednesday at noon in Limassol. The 30-year-old is suspected of setting his 31-year-old ex-wife’s car on fire in the early morning hours. Police and fire fighters rushed to the scene as soon as they received information about the fire...
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