Church theft

TWO silver icons and other artefacts valued at around €20,000 have been stolen from the church of Constantinos and Eleni in the village of Tohni in Larnaca, police said.
The incident happened between 10.30pm on Friday and the early hours of Saturday.
“Two silver icons and other silver artefacts valued between €20 and €25 thousand were stolen from the church of Constantinos and Eleni in the village of Tohni,” Laranca police spokesman Charalambos Zachariou said.
The church had not been damaged, Zachariou added, revealing that a church window had been left unlocked. The culprit or culprits entered through the unlocked window and exited from the main entrance after they had unlocked it from the inside, Zachariou said.
The incident was reported to police at 8am on Saturday when the local priest visited the church. Officers arrived on the scene and took evidence which will be sent for forensic testing.

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