Man killed ‘demonstrating Russian roulette’

A NICOSIA man was killed yesterday in what is thought to have been a game of Russian roulette.

Police found 21-year-old Christos Paphios at 6am, lying in a pool of blood at his house on Andreas Demetriou Street in Dasoupolis.

Paphios had a gunshot wound on the right temple, apparently from a bullet, which subsequently lodged itself into the wall.

Police found a revolver, five bullets, and an empty bullet-shell.

CyBC said Paphios, who was living with his girlfriend, had been demonstrating to her how Russian roulette was played.

He was apparently still drunk from his birthday party the night before.

Investigators are trying to sort out whether the incident was an accident or suicide.

They are also eager to find out where the revolver that killed the man came from.

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