Turkish Cypriot held for Limasool knife attack

A TURKISH Cypriot from Limassol was yesterday being held in police custody in connection with a midday knife attack in the town on Saturday.

Forty-six-year-old Moustafa Zichni is suspected of attacking fellow- Limassolian Kleanthis Panayides, 41, with a pen-knife outside a supermarket.

Panayides suffered a number of cuts in the attack and had to be treated in Limassol hospital, though he was not kept in, police said.

Police said they had a witness statement implicating Zichni in the attack, and arrested him at 4.15pm on Saturday. A pen-knife was found on the Turkish Cypriot at the time of his arrest and he later confessed to attacking Panayides, police said.

Zichni was on Sunday remanded for five days by Limassol District Court.

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