Police hunt for car bomb suspect

POLICE are looking for a particular suspect in their investigation into a car-bombing early yesterday in the Zakaki area of Limassol.

Police said an explosive device that was placed under the front half of the car went off at 3.20am while the vehicle was parked outside the Aristides Charalambous Street residence of Stelios Hadjimitsi, 27 and unemployed, of Zakaki.

The car actually belonged to Stelios’ mother, Maroulla Hadjimitsi, of Limassol, who was letting Stelios use it at the time of the blast, police said.

The explosion and subsequent fire badly damaged the car.

The police say they want to talk to a certain person whom they believe had personal differences with Stelios Hadjimitsi.

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