Armed man bursts into ministry

AN ARMED man yesterday stormed into the Interior Ministry with a shotgun demanding help to solve his financial problems.

It was the second time he had burst into the building in four months.

Prokopis Christofi, who in July came with a knife and threatened to kill himself outside the Ministry unless he could meet Minister Christodoulos Christodoulou, yesterday paid a return visit with a shotgun.

Christodoulou told reporters that after making his demands, Christofi handed in his shotgun and turned himself over to police. He described Christofi’s case as ” tragic”and said that the man had serious financial problems and merely wanted to publicise his plight.

The Minister said he had given instructions to find Christofi a job.

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