11 arrested after violent clash in Limassol

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Police in Limassol arrested 11 men aged between 19 and 24 in the early hours of Thursday following reports of a disturbance in the Mesa Geitonia area.

Police received information at around 1.20am about a clash involving a group of 10 to 15 people on Megalou Alexandrou Street.

Officers rushed to the scene and found several people engaged in a heated discussion. Two of them had blood on their faces.

Five men also arrested for illegal stay

During the police intervention, 11 men were arrested for the apparent offence of unlawful assembly.

They were taken to the Limassol Minor Offences Department, where officers checked their identities and residence status.

Police established that all 11 were foreign nationals. Five were found to be residing illegally in the Republic of Cyprus and were also arrested on suspicion of illegal stay.

The Limassol Minor Offences Department is continuing its investigations.


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