A 23 year old has been arrested in connection with the case which spiralled into attempted murder following a verbal altercation between the suspect and an 18 year old, son to the restaurant’s owner.
According to a police report, the incident was called in by locals around 08:15 last night, saying that a man had been injured inside the restaurant at the popular Kapparis area of the town.
Members of the Famagusta CID rushed to the scene to find the victim seriously injured, with the would be killer having fled.
He is being treated at the Nicosia General Hospital for a wound to his torso caused by a blunt instrument. He is stable and not in a life threatening condition, doctors said.
Police launched a manhunt and the suspect was located in a Paralimni area just before nine, more than half an hour after the stabbing.
He was subsequently arrested in connection with a case of attempted murder, as well as disturbing the peace, as he was yelling at locals.
The 23 year old was remanded in custody for eight days by the district court in Famagusta, as the local CID investigates what brought on the argument that seems to have caused the attack, in front of shocked and terrorised customers.
