Police are investigating an early hours Friday shooting on a Larnaca cafe-bar. The Ermou Square venue, which opened for business a month ago, had closed for the night at the time of the attack.
According to the police, a large number of shots were heard at around 3.50am on Friday. Arriving at the scene, officers saw the cafe’s windows had been shattered and found shells from an automatic weapon at the scene.
Larnaca Police Spokesman Charalambos Zachariou said 24 shots had been fired at the bar but someone using an automatic weapon.
He said the venue’s four owners had answered police queries and CCTV footage of the area had been collected.
Larnaca CID is investigating the incident.
Cyprus Weekly