Two held after van bombed

TWO Limassol men were yesterday remanded in custody for eight days in connection with a bomb attack on a van at Polemidia on Friday night.

Andreas Saouri, 27, and 20-year-old Marios Georgiou, both from Polemidia, were arrested shortly after the 9.30pm blast under a vehicle belonging to Charalambos Kattidis.

Police told he court the pair were seen by eyewitnesses near the scene prior to the explosion, and shortly afterwards.

Investigators said the motives behind the pipe-bomb attack were still unknown.

The van was lightly damaged.

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