Posts tagged with "arson"

Alleged car arsonists released on bail Crime

Alleged car arsonists released on bail

December 20th, 2018 PAPHOS district court decided on Thursday that two men aged 49 and 42, who were arrested the day before in connection with a case of arson, should be released on bail until their trial begins next year. The trial has been scheduled for April 18 and both should appear at a police station three times a week. Both suspects have put...
Fire department suspect arson in large Lofou fire Cyprus

Fire department suspect arson in large Lofou fire

November 5th, 2018 Authorities on Monday said that they believe the massive fire in Lofou in the Limassol district that took 15 hours to extinguish on Sunday was arson and that they have a suspect. It burned around 1.5 square kilometres of pine trees and wild vegetation. The fire was one of four firemen and firefighting aircraft had to tackle on...
Police arrest man in arson investigation Cyprus

Police arrest man in arson investigation

September 6th, 2018 A Portuguese national was remanded in custody for eight days on Thursday on suspicion of setting fire to the home of a 54-year-old woman in Ypsonas, Limassol. The 33-year-old suspect was arrested early on Thursday following allegations he had been threatening the British national who had hired him as a caretaker. The blaze caused...
Remanded after warehouse fire Crime

Remanded after warehouse fire

September 3rd, 2018 A 35-year-old man who was arrested in connection with a fire at a warehouse in Athienou on Sunday was remanded in court for four days on Monday. The fire, believed to have been arson, caused a damage of more than €40,000, destroying an excavator worth €6,700, an €18,000 hay baling machine, a drill worth €10,000 and 41 hay...
Arrest in connection with car-wash fire Crime

Arrest in connection with car-wash fire

August 29th, 2018 A man, 47, was arrested Tuesday afternoon in connection with a car wash fire on August 23 in Nicosia. The suspect was arrested around 5:40pm by the police, in an effort continue investigations regarding the causes of the car wash fire. Two persons, aged 28 and 29, are also in remand for this case....
Second suspect arrested in car-wash arson Crime

Second suspect arrested in car-wash arson

August 27th, 2018 Police arrested a man in Nicosia on Sunday in connection with an arson attack on a car wash in Strovolos last Thursday. The 29-year-old man was detained after his car was stopped at 5.30pm in Nicosia by members of the drug squad. During a search of his home officers found a gun and 30 cartridges. Another man, 28, was arrested...
Police find loaded pistol possibly related to arson case Cyprus

Police find loaded pistol possibly related to arson case

August 21st, 2018 Police said Tuesday they found a loaded pistol next to the home of the owner of the kindergarten which was destroyed by arsonists the previous day. After a tip-off, officers searched an empty plot next to the house in Aradhippou at 6pm on Monday and found a loaded pistol which they seized for forensic examinations. Police say it is...
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...
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