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President Nikos Christodoulides issued a statement condemning an incident of aggression over the weekend, during which a Turkish Cypriot woman was injured, it was reported on Tuesday.
Two men, aged 22 and 30, have been remanded as suspects in the alleged attack of the 25-year-old woman in Ayia Napa, it emerged on Monday.
Details of the ethnicities involved were not initially released by police but came to light following social media outcry.
According to state broadcaster, CyBC, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, asked for the bicommunal technical committee to monitor developments in the case.
Christodoulides communicated with Tatar, condemning the incident, as reported by daily Philenews.
The president is also quoted as stating that the episode does not initially appear to have been racially motivated, however, it was to be condemned as unacceptable and delinquent behaviour.
Justice Minister Anna Procopiou, for her part, told CyBC that the incident was part of a larger societal problem and prevalence of aggression erupting into attacks. She added that it was important to note that police acted swiftly and brought the suspects to justice well before any media response.
Sources on Monday reported that the incident began as a confrontation between two groups in the early morning hours of Saturday, in the context of which the woman fell from a brick wall.
The height of the wall was estimated at two to three metres, Famagusta police spokesman Steve Theodoulou told the Cyprus News Agency.
The injured woman was rushed to the Famagusta general hospital where she was found to have a broken a tooth and bruises on various parts of her body.
Following her discharge from hospital, the woman visited the local police station and filed a complaint, Theodoulou said.
The two suspects were arrested and are in remand for four days as of Sunday.
Police are still investigating the exact sequence of events.
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