Police said investigations are leading in a specific direction regarding the injury of a 20-year-old man, who suffered burns on 45 per cent of his body, after incidents that occurred before the Anorthosis-Apollon football match in Larnaca on Saturday.
Police are examining closed-circuit surveillance in order to identify the people who took part in the incidents. Police have put out a call for ten persons, whose photos have been made public on the Cyprus police website and have asked anyone who knows anything that can help to locate them to contact the Larnaca Police Department at 24-80, the nearest police station or with the Citizens Line at1460.
The 20-year-old burn victim remains under care in Nicosia general hospital where the attending physician has said his condition is stable.
Fans of the two football teams had started small fires with fireworks in a field opposite the stadium which were put out by members of the police and the fire service. Five police cars were also damaged in the incident.
The 20-year-old appears to have been injured at some distance following the end of the incidents.
According to the city of Larnaca website, the man had been out walking his dog and when he returned to his home near the stadium saw a fire in the field. He went to try and put it out when a Molotov cocktail was thrown at him.
Police are continuing investigations.
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