Shots were fired from a moving vehicle on a Bank of Cyprus branch in Limassol it emerged on Monday morning.
Police have cordoned off the scene at Ayia Phylaxis street and the police ballistics team is collecting evidence.
Preliminary findings from CCTV footage have revealed that the shots were fired shortly after 3am by an unknown person from a moving vehicle across two opposing traffic lanes using an automatic weapon.
The street was empty at the exact moment the shots were fired and the bullets struck a wide radius of the shopfront, including two ATM machines, the branchs glass front, and the buildings second storey, grazing interior walls and causing other minor damages to offices.
According to the state broadcaster, the branch manager discovered the bank’s glass front peppered with around 20 bullet holes when opening up the branch on Ayia Phylaxis street.
Limassol CID are continuing intensive investigations to identify and locate the perpetrator.
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