Police hunt man after stabbing incident

POLICE want to question a Syrian man in connection with a stabbing incident in Limassol on Wednesday night.

They say the 33-year-old suspect visited his brother’s house on Icarias Street in the Ayios Ioannis area at 8.10pm to discuss a financial difference. Also present were two other men, 25-year-old Bassem Chreban, and Ferras Ebdegul, 24.

Police say the discussion quickly became a fierce argument, and the suspect rushed outside and pulled out a large knife from his motorcycle. He then allegedly attacked the three men, stabbing Ebdegul in the chest, and inflicting a lighter cut on Chreban’s arm.

Ebdegul was seriously wounded and has been kept in hospital for observation.

The suspect fled the scene before the arrival of the police, who then arrested the suspect’s brother after discovering he had been living on the island illegally.

An arrest warrant was issued for the suspect, who police said yesterday was still at large.

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