Police yet to decide on wedding fight charges

PAPHOS police were yesterday waiting for a father and stepson who knifed each other in a fight on Friday to recover from their injuries before deciding what action to take against them.

The 19-year-old stepson was seriously injured and the stepfather, 33, less seriously hurt in a 2am fight at Peyia village, which occurred a day after the older man’s wedding to the teenager’s mother.

“They are both still in hospital. We shall wait for them to recover before deciding what action to take,” a Paphos police duty officer said yesterday.

Peyia police said on Friday that the stepfather faced arrest.

The knife fight took place after a heated argument between the two men, police say. The younger man allegedly attacked his new stepfather with a knife and the older man took it off him and allegedly stabbed him several times.

The 19-year-old’s condition is described as serious but stable.

 

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