Man gunned down outside Nicosia club

By Charlie Charalambous

POLICE yesterday launched an attempted murder investigation after a 20-year- old was shot five times outside a Nicosia night club.

Savvas Savva, from Strovolos, underwent emergency surgery at Nicosia General hospital after being gunned down by a masked assailant at 4.30am yesterday morning.

A man was arrested in connection with the attempted murder later in the day, according to CyBC radio.

The victim was repeatedly shot with a pistol as he was leaving the Concerto disco with his cousin Andros Emiliou, police said.

At least seven shots were fired at Savva, five of them hitting him.

Police believe the gunman laid in wait for his victim in a well executed hit.

Emiliou escaped unharmed, even though his car was also hit.

Doctors described Savva’s condition as “critical” and said the next 24 hours would determine whether he survived.

Police said they had questioned a number of other people in connection with the shooting and believe it could be related to a recent fracas at the Concerto club.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.