Police in Nicosia have launched an investigation into premeditated murder and attempted murder after a 44-year-old Vietnamese woman was found dead inside a flat in the Ayios Antonios area, while a second woman was discovered critically injured on a nearby street.
Officers were first alerted at approximately 23:30 on Saturday to reports of an injured woman at the junction of Digeni Akrita and Larnakos avenues. Responding units found the woman, of Asian descent, suffering from severe wounds to her neck and back. She was transported by ambulance to Nicosia General Hospital, where she underwent emergency surgery and remains in critical condition.
While canvassing the surrounding area, investigators spotted bloodstains outside a nearby apartment block that led directly to a flat. Inside, officers discovered the 44-year-old victim unresponsive on the floor with wounds to her neck and head.
State pathologists Angeliki Papetta and Orthodoxos Orthodoxou attended the scene to conduct a post-mortem examination and officially certified her death.
Both crime scenes remain cordoned off under police guard as detectives from the Nicosia Criminal Investigation Department (CID) continue inquiries to establish the circumstances surrounding the attacks.
