Suspected bomber remanded

THE suspected ‘mastermind’ behind two bombing attacks in Larnaca was remanded in custody for eight days yesterday.

Larnaca District court heard that 36-year-old Larnaca man Demetris Demetriou, known as Jimmis, was behind a bomb blast at the court in the early hours on Sunday and another at an Electricity Authority sub-station outside the Larnaca oil refinery on Friday.

Neither explosion caused serious damage or any injury.

Case investigator Iakovos Ioannou told the court that Jimmis had been named as instigator for the attacks by two men being held in connection with the bomb attack on the court house.

Demetris Demetriou, 22, and Iakovos Hadjantonis, 19, both from Larnaca, were arrested on Sunday.

Demetriou was apprehended after his motorbike was involved in an accident behind the court house at 1.45am, just 15 minutes after the home-made bomb went off. Demetriou was seriously injured in the crash and had to be remanded in hospital.

Both Demetriou and Hadjantonis were remanded for eight days on Sunday.

Unconfirmed reports yesterday suggested the two bomb attacks – carried out with identical devices – were part of an underworld campaign to warn police off cracking down on organised crime.

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