Deportee arrested

A 38-year-old man followed a man in a car and threatened him in Protaras on Friday night, ran away, and later attacked police with a broomstick and a kitchen knife, authorities said.
The Bulgarian man was deported from Cyprus in 2010 “for a number of crimes” but is thought to have made his way back via the occupied areas, Famagusta police spokesman George Economou said.
At about 11pm on Friday night a Greek Cypriot employee at a hotel in Protaras told police that as he was driving into work he realised he had been followed by another car. When he parked at the hotel, his pursuer got out and threatened to kill him with a knife unless he gave him money, he said.
The hotel employee hit him on his hand and the man dropped his knife, running away.
Police said the car the Bulgarian man left behind was stolen on Friday morning.
Police found the man roaming about close to the same hotel holding a broomstick. When he saw police officers, he threw the broomstick at them and threatened them with a large kitchen knife, Economou said. But he was soon arrested and was taken to Paralimni police station.

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