Increased security measures in place, police say

Police have stepped up security measures at sensitive locations on the island, following the terrorist attack against the French satirical review Charlie Hebdo earlier this week, which killed 12 people, and the hostage incidents that followed leaving more dead.

According to reliable sources, the police are taking “precautionary measures and the Republic`s security services are on continuous alert” to avert any possible incident.

The same sources have said that additional precautionary security measures are in place at entry points into the Republic, foreign embassies and other locations of foreign interests.

The Cypriot police are cooperating with other competent state services and assess in detail every piece of information that reaches them.

CNA

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.