A 25-year-old Pakistani man’s death has been reclassified as homicide after a post-mortem revealed a 9mm bullet lodged in his back.
The victim was discovered by a member of the public in a Strovolos car park at 21:15 on Monday, with state pathologist Nicolas Charalambous initially ruling out foul play during the preliminary scene examination.
During the second authopsy, Charalambous discovered a bullet that had entered the victim’s shoulder and pierced vital organs.
The case, originally handled by the Lykavitos police station with only photographs taken at the scene, has now been transferred to Nicosia’s Criminal Investigation Department following the autopsy findings.
Police have begun collecting CCTV footage from the surrounding area as the post-mortem examination continues.
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