A 17-year-old boy was remanded for eight days on Monday in connection with the murder of 22-year old British Cypriot Michael Antony-Louis Mina in Larnaca on Sunday.
The hearing was held during a closed session, requested by the office of the Attorney General.
According to the police report, the 17-year old ambushed Mina outside his apartment near the Makenzy area at around 6am on Sunday and stabbed him in the throat. Mina managed to escape but bled out while trying to get to his car.
The British Cypriot was found dead a little after 6am by a Ukrainian woman who told police she stepped out to take her daughter to a nearby park. Residents in the apartment building told police that they had heard fighting.
The 17-year-old was arrested at around 10am while hiding at a friend’s house.
Police spokesman Andreas Angelides told the press on Monday that the 17-year-old was a troubled youth, having been arrested in numerous occasions mainly for burglaries and car thefts. He served jail time from July 2013 to October 2013. Police tried to have the boy remanded in relation with a car theft earlier this month but the request was rejected due to his age.
Police are looking into whether an incident that took place last week, in which the17-year-old’s sister was allegedly harassed, had triggered the attack.