Dead 44-year-old Vietnamese woman in Nicosia – second woman in critical condition
A 44-year-old woman from Vietnam was found dead in an apartment in central Nicosia. A second woman of Asian descent is hospitalised in critical condition following surgery.
Double assault in central Nicosia: 44-year-old dead, second in critical condition
According to the Newspaper of the Editors, shortly before midnight on Sunday police were notified of a woman covered in blood on a pavement in the centre of the Cypriot capital.
Police officers who arrived at the scene found a woman of Asian descent with injuries to the neck and back. An ambulance transferred her to Nicosia General Hospital, where she underwent surgery; her health condition is described as critical.
During the investigation, police officers discovered blood stains outside a nearby apartment building. Inside an apartment they found a second woman unconscious, with injuries to the neck and head.
The second woman was identified as a 44-year-old Vietnamese national. The Nicosia Crime Detection Department took over the case and is conducting investigations.
To date, no details have been announced regarding the circumstances of the assault, nor regarding the perpetrator or perpetrators.
Source: Efimerida ton Syntakton