Police are investigating the alleged sexual assault and mugging of a woman after she stopped on the Larnaca to Nicosia highway.
According to a police report, the 46-year-old said she was driving along the highway when, at around 8.50pm on Monday, she saw someone signaling her to stop with the use of a flashlight.
Thinking it was a policeman, the woman pulled over and stopped. She says the man then approached her brandishing a knife and stole the €250 she had been carrying.
The woman also said the man sexually assaulted her before driving away.
She was taken to Nicosia General Hospital by ambulance for treatment.
The woman described her assailant as being 1.75m tall, around 35-year-old. He had dark hair and was wearing a black shirt and white and black scarf, she said.
Cyprus Weekly
