Paphos fishermen drag out man’s body

FISHERMEN dragged the body of an unidentified man out of the sea close to Paphos Airport yesterday evening as dusk set in around 5.30pm.

Sailors brought the gruesome find ashore at Kato Paphos port and handed it over to police.

State pathologist Eleni Antoniou who examined the body said the man must have been in the water for several months, adding that there were no signs of a suspicious death.

Police described the man, aged between 50 and 60, as well built, between 1.70 and 1.75 metres tall, wearing a white vest, a long-sleeved jumper with black and grey cheques, white underwear and brown trousers, possibly pyjamas.

The body has been taken to the morgue at Paphos General Hospital.

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