Car bomb in Nicosia

By a Staff Reporter

A BOMB exploded in a car in Nicosia early on Thursday morning causing thousands of pounds worth of damage.

According to police, the home made device went off at 3.20am in the £110,000 Mercedes belonging to businessman Christoforos Tornarides. The vehicle was parked in the car park of an apartment block in Acropolis where Tornarides lived. As a result of the explosion, the car was engulfed in flames, which had to be extinguished by the fire brigade. Preliminary examinations carried out by Nicosia CID and the crime squad revealed the device had been placed in the body of the car.

Police estimate the bomb caused more than £70,000-worth of damage.

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