Missing 84-year-old found safe

AFTER a massive search, an 84-year-old Mari villager missing since 1am on Saturday was found in a field near Vassiliko cement works at midday on Sunday.

Police reported that Christodoulos Chrysanthou was exhausted but unhurt when he was found by a police patrol car. The octogenarian was taken to Limassol hospital for precautionary reasons.

Police officers, a police helicopter and sniffer dog, firemen, government game wardens, National Guardsmen and the missing man’s fellow-villagers and relatives had all taken part in a search launched early on Saturday.

At the time, police said they were particularly concerned about Chrysanthou because he had, of late, been suffering from ill health and forgetfulness.

Almost 36 hours after his disappearance the 84-year-old was found in a field some 300 metres from the Vassiliko cement factory, just down the road from his home village of Mari, in the Larnaca district.

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