The 27-year-old special forces soldier injured on Monday during a military marine exercise is still in extremely critical condition at the Nicosia general hospital ICU.
Spokesman for the ministry of defense, Christos Pieris, said the 27-year-old Syop commando, was participating in an exercise that involved jumping from a helicopter into the sea. The jump was as planned based on the scenario of the exercise and the young man fell into the sea in the area of Lara bay.
The soldier was recovered by boat as called-for in the planned the scenario, and it was at this point that it was found that he had lost consciousness. He was then taken to the accident and emergency department of the Paphos general hospital and from there he was transferred to the Nicosia general hospital.
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