Bomb wrecks club owner’s car

NICOSIA police were yesterday investigating a bomb blast which rocked a suburb in the early hours of the morning.

The bomb went off at around 3.15 am in a car belonging to Constantinos Neophytides, owner of Versus, the popular Nicosia nightspot. At the time, the vehicle was parked outside the apartment block where Neophytides lives on Praxandrou Street in Strovolos. No-one was injured, but the car, a Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet valued at around £25,000, was extensively damaged. Other vehicles parked nearby were also damaged, and windows in the block were broken.

Neophytides said he had no idea who might have planted the bomb, as he had no enemies.

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