Housemaid stabs Lyssarides’ assistant, screaming: I hate Cyprus

THERE was panic at the offices of  honorary EDEK president Vassos Lyssarides yesterday as his Filipino housemaid grabbed a knife and stabbed Lyssarides’ personal assistant, a woman aged 71, six times in the neck and shoulder.

According to a police spokesman the maid entered Lyssarides office with a knife and screamed: “I will kill you then I will kill myself, I hate Cyprus.” The maid managed to stab the personal assistant six times. Five of the stab wounds were shallow, while one in the shoulder was deep. Another staff member and a passerby managed to tackle the maid before she could inflict more serious injuries.  The 71-year-old personal assistant is not currently in any danger but is being treated at a private clinic.

Police spokesman Michael Katsounotos said: “The incident occurred at 10am (yesterday), the Filipino was transferred to a Nicosia police station where she was interviewed by a psychiatrist. After his evaluation we are currently composing an injunction for the mandatory hospitalisation of the maid at a psychiatric ward.”

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