The attempted murder Sunday morning against three persons in Oroklini -including a 6-year-old child raised a red alert among police authorities, who are being asked to solve the puzzle of the case in order to get to the perpetrator or perpetrators as soon as possible.
The fact that the target appears to have been the 42-year-old - a relative of a person well known to the authorities - as well as the criminal attack on a minor child, intensifies the concerns of the authorities about possible retaliation by people of the night. However, police headquarters, following a meeting held on Monday, were instructed, according to the Cyprus Times, to intensify investigations for fear of further criminal activity.
- The common element of the attempted murder and bomb attack in Larnaca. Link investigated
- Military weapon stolen from a house in Limassol, found near the scene of the attempted murder
Both the military weapon have already been put under the microscope in the laboratories of the Ministry of Public Prosecution, and other evidence considered "keys" to the case, including gloves, a hood and a visor found in close proximity to the scene of the attempted murder.
The genetic material in the evidence, as well as the ballistic test on the military weapon that was apparently stolen from a house in Limassol last August, are considered very important evidence, which is likely to pave the way towards identifying the perpetrators. However, from the investigations at the scene it appears that a large number of shots were fired against the vehicle, while it remains unknown whether they realized that a minor was also in the vehicle.
Investigating link to another criminal act... Unknown perpetrators
As the Cyprus Times reported early Monday, authorities are investigating whether the attempted murder committed in the early hours of Sunday morning is linked to another criminal act.
According to reports, the apartment building where the 42-year-old driver of the vehicle, who appears to have been the target of the attempted murder, also houses a foreigner who was the victim of a bomb attack last July. The 30-year-old was injured after a bomb exploded in his van while it was in motion. This event was put under the microscope of Larnaca CID investigators in an attempt to determine whether the two criminal attacks were related in any way.
As part of the investigation of the serious case, closed circuits of the area were set up from the very first moment as well as some testimonies that want a motorcycle to move away from the spot at the time of the criminal attack. Investigators, as reported by the Cyprus Times, mapped the area and possible movements of the perpetrator or perpetrators and believe that based on the evidence found as well as information, the unknown persons escaped via the highway to Ayia Napa.
The authorities as reported in a previous report by the Cyprus Times have a direction in the investigations they are conducting, however they do not clarify the motive of the attempted murder with the data so far. For now and despite the fact that several suspects have passed through Larnaca CID for questioning, however the authorities do not have the testimony that will lead to their arrest.
Both the two injured 42-year-old and 6-year-old children underwent surgical procedures at Larnaca General Hospital and their condition is considered out of danger.
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