Armed guards for CSE

FULLY armed police officers are to guard the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) building from February, Justice Minister Nicos Koshis said yesterday.

The imposing CSE building, off the motorway leading out of Nicosia, and its premises will be assigned a special unit of 11 policemen as part of measures to beef up security.

Koshis said that the officers would carry firearms and would be on the payroll of the CSE, although they would come under the police department.

Other security measures proposed by the CSE board included a closed-circuit camera system to be installed throughout the premises.

A number of bomb threats that have all turned out to be hoaxes have regularly disrupted operations at the stock market.

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