Police say they were attacked

IMMIGRATION officers under investigation for allegedly assaulting the Egyptian husband of a local woman have retorted by claiming the alleged victim attacked them.

On Friday, police said they were investigating a complaint by Kyriaki Charalambous that her husband Lotfy Nashat Monir had been assaulted by immigration officers at a friend’s home in Kaimakli, Nicosia, the day before.

According to Charalambous’ complaint, the officers began hitting Monir after asking him for his particulars.

Yesterday, police said the officers involved in the incident had lodged a complaint of their own – that Monir had refused to co-operate with their requests and had become violent, hitting one of them.

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