One of the two men held over a stabbing at a Limassol home is the 44-year-old victim’s brother, police said, and neither suspect has told investigators what caused the attack.
The 44-year-old left hospital on Wednesday morning. He was taken to Limassol General Hospital by ambulance after the attack with cuts to his head and neck and an injury to his nose, and was kept in overnight.
The two suspects, aged 30 and 37, had been socialising with him at his home when the attack happened. The 44-year-old was at home when his 37-year-old brother, who is also his flatmate, and the 30-year-old allegedly attacked him, according to the evidence under investigation. The 37-year-old is alleged to have wounded him with a knife.
Officers acting on information traced the 30-year-old driving his car in Limassol and found a knife on him, arresting him for the flagrant offence of carrying a knife. They found the 37-year-old a short time later elsewhere in Limassol district, seized a knife from him and arrested him on the same basis. Both were then arrested again on judicial warrants and are being held while the case is investigated.
Questioned at Limassol CID offices, the two gave investigators no information about what happened before the attack, police said. What caused it, and how an evening spent together ended in a stabbing, remains unknown.
They are due before Limassol District Court on Thursday, where police will seek a remand order.
