Cyprus foils alleged plot to assassinate Israeli businessmen
Cypriot authorities
on Tuesday arrested an Azeri national on suspicion that he was hired to target
Israelis.
According to the report in Cypriot media, several
mercenaries have been following a well-known businessman and his associates in
the island nation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Local media outlet ANT1 alleged that the Iranians had
contracted several mercenaries with the aim of killing and potentially
abducting businessmen based in Cyprus.
Knews said that the suspect, 38, was detained on Monday in
Engomi, in western Nicosia, following an undercover investigation. At the time
of his arrest, the suspect was found in possession of a handgun with a silencer
and said to be casing the office building of a businessman living on the
island.
Police were "keeping details of an arrest in Engomi
under wraps," the report said.
Knews cited an unnamed police official as saying that the
suspect was slated to be arraigned on Tuesday and was expected to be remanded.
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