Residents at a block of flats in Larnaca had to leave their apartments early this morning, when arsonists torched the basement workshop of a sign-maker.
The workshop and a store below were completely destroyed, but the crews of tow fire brigade vehicles managed to contain the fire before it spread to apartments abovel.
Police said the door of the workshop had been forced open and a fire strip was detected.
Still on the crime bulletin, an explosion just after midnight shattered the entrance to the offices of the Commuity Council of the tourist Kissonerga village near Paphos.
Police said the explosion was caused by a makeshift pipe device which had been placed against the door of the offices.
The explosion caused extensive damage to the offices and smashed the window panes of a taverna on the other side of the road.
