Police on Wednesday are continuing investigations into the shooting in Aglantzia, while the 49-year-old victim of what is seen as an attempted murder, travelled abroad without giving a police statement.
According to police spokesman Christos Andreou, it is not known whether the victims trip had been planned ahead of the incident on Monday, during which shots were fired at his car while he was driving on Larnaca Avenue.
Police sources earlier had said officers were counting on his statements to guide the direction of investigations.
Nonetheless, the 49-year-old, who was expected to speak to police and give a statement to Nicosia CID on Tuesday, refused do so.
We are particularly troubled that the [VICTIM] would not provide a statement with further details, Andreou said.
The 49-year-old target is reported as an individual with previous involvement with the authorities, known to police for various serious cases, some drug-related. Sources suspect the incident was about settling accounts.
Police are meanwhile evaluating CCTV footage from the scene where, shortly after 5pm, an unknown person opened fire on his vehicle, while his two children were in the car.
The 49-year-old had stopped outside a kiosk and his 17-year-old son got out of the vehicle.
The perpetrator opened fire on the car once the boy returned to the vehicle. Two shots were fired, but did not hit the target, his son, or his 15-year-old daughter who sat in the back seat.
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