Shots were fired by Limassol police during a car chase shortly after midnight on Wednesday, according to a CyBC report.
According to the report, police were called to manage an escalating situation in Ypsonas area late Wednesday night where a group of youths, brawling with sticks, bats and rocks, had set on fire rubbish bins.
Two patrol cars and the fire service sped to the scene where, upon arrival, police were met with hostility and a molotov cocktail was thrown, setting on fire the roof of one of the patrol cars.
At some point during the incident, police noticed a car speeding off and pursued it, allegedly attempting to halt its course by firing warning shots. The car driver did not stop, despite police allegedly firing a second round of shots at the cars tyres.
Police eventually identified the vehicle, using its number plate, as belonging to one of the youths mothers and located the seventeen-year-old man at Limassol general hospital, suffering from a 2 cm wound to his left cheek, allegedly caused by a police bullet.
Police impounded the vehicle and the case is under ongoing investigation.
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