Remand in Paralimni Molotov case

Famagusta district court on Friday remanded two men aged 23 and 35 four five days in connection with a case of damage caused to the house of an officer from the drug squad in Paralimni in November.

Police received a statement on Thursday that the two men from Dherynia and Paralimni respectively had thrown a Molotov cocktail at 1.30am on November 8 at the house of an officer from the drug squad in Paralimni.

The cocktail caused a fire which damaged the outside of the house but no lives were put at risk.

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