Knifeman suspect arrested at port

A SYRIAN suspected of attempted murder and his brother yesterday joined a third brother in police custody following their arrest on Friday night.

The suspect had been on the run since a Wednesday night stabbing incident in which a man was seriously injured. He was eventually apprehended at New Limassol Port’s passenger lounge at 10pm.

His brother was arrested two hours later on suspicion of harbouring someone he knew was wanted for questioning and with helping him to escape. Limassol District Court remanded both for eight days. A third brother, arrested on the night on the stabbing, is already in custody.

The incident occurred during an argument over money between the suspect, the brother arrested on Wednesday, and two other Syrians.

The suspect allegedly attacked all three men with a large knife, seriously injuring Ferras Ebdegul in the chest and inflicting a lighter wound on Bassem Chreban’s arm.

Ebdegul is still in Limassol hospital where doctors describe his condition as serious but stable.

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