Police have arrested a 35-year-old[/B] resident of Paphos, to facilitate investigations into an ongoing case of theft from a person, robbery and assault causing actual bodily harm.
The incident happened at noon on July 2, 2022, in Paphos with the victim being an 86-year-old man, also a resident of Paphos. According to the evidence under investigation, while the 86-year-old was in a square in Paphos, he was approached by an unknown[/B] man asking for money.
Subsequently, the unknown man allegedly grabbed the wallet of the 86-year-old, from his hands.
The complainant resisted and then the unknown man allegedly attacked him[/B] and wounded him.
Then, after the offender managed to wrest the wallet, from the 86-year-old, he fled.
As the elderly man reported to the police he had just received his pension.
After the incident, the 86-year-old went to the Paphos General Hospital, where he received first aid and was discharged.
According to Mr. Nicolaou, the Paphos Police after further investigations, secured testimony from closed circuit surveillance against a 35-year-old resident of Cyprus who was arrested shortly after midnight.
Paphos CID is investigating the case.
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