A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after falling from the roof of a four-storey block of flats in Paphos. He fell from a height of 16 meters and has sustained multiple fractures.
A 30-year-old woman jumped out of the first-floor balcony to escape her violent husband. Her husband, aged 44, was arrested and remanded in court for eight days.
– The opposition proceedings in the case brought against auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides by attorney-general George Savvides were filed by Odysseas’ team of lawyers.
– The opposition is based on two points: the application of the AG to the constitutional council is groundless and the AG does not have the authority to seek the sacking of an independent state official.
– Odysseas’ camp is applying pressure on the president to publicly side with him.
– The head of the anti-corruption authority demanded criminal charges against the drug squad chief, possibly linked to the Odysseas-Savvides clash.
– Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah urged Syrians to head for Cyprus and Europe to pressure Brussels to give Lebanon more funds for Syrian refugees.
– Parents were upset over the difficulty of questions in modern Greek exams for secondary school students.
– State hospital nursing unions are threatening industrial action if more nurses are not hired.
– The president announced the decision to appoint two criminal investigators before the cabinet approved it.
A 23-year-old driver was remanded in custody for four days after running over and killing a 77-year-old woman in the village of Kokkinotrimithia. The driver initially left the scene but later turned himself in to the police. The cause of the woman’s death will be determined at an autopsy, and the police investigation is ongoing.
A 77-year-old woman named Eleni Stavrinidou from Kokkinotrimithia passed away after being hit by a car in a hit-and-run accident. The incident took place on Eirinis and Filias Street around 6:00 am. The driver, a 23-year-old man, fled the scene but later turned himself in to the police. Stavrinidou was taken to Nicosia General Hospital where she was pronounced dead. The cause of her death will be determined by a forensic autopsy. Police are urging anyone with information about the collision to come forward.
A 48-year-old man was remanded for eight days by the Nicosia district court for allegedly being involved in a case of phone fraud where individuals impersonated doctors.
Four people were injured in a head-on collision on the Arediou-Klirou road in Nicosia. The accident is still under investigation by police.
A 79-year-old man in Nicosia died as a result of injuries sustained while trying to stop his rolling tractor.
A 72-year-old woman in Nicosia was scammed out of €52,000 by perpetrators who posed as a surgeon from the Nicosia general hospital and claimed her son needed a surgical procedure due to an alleged accident.
A 26-year-old motorcyclist is in critical condition at Nicosia General Hospital after a crash in Larnaca.