Drowning victim identified

THE WOMAN who drowned in Limassol on Wednesday was yesterday identified as 57-year-old Alexandra Vasiliki Mavromati from Zaire, now a permanent resident of Nicosia.

Her body was found floating in the sea area of Epichosis in Limassol. Initial reports had suggested the woman was Egyptian.

According to a police official, relatives of the 57-year old were searching for her and yesterday she was reported as a missing person.

The woman was seen walking along the Molos pedestrian walkway near the Old Port before entering the water on Wednesday afternoon.

A while later, a young man who was fishing in the area noticed her unconscious body floating in the water and jumped in to rescue her.

According to state pathologist Sofocles Sofocleous who yesterday conducted the autopsy, Mavromati’s death was due to suffocation because of drowning.

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