A 31-year-old Ukrainian permanent resident of Paphos drowned today while swimming at Agios Georgios Pegeia, local authorities said.
Witnesses observed the man fall from rocks into the sea before disappearing beneath the waves minutes later.
The Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC) activated the National Plan ‘NEARCHOS’ upon receiving reports of a missing person. The response involved Paphos Criminal Investigation Department, Port and Marine Police, local lifeguards, and a helicopter from Paphos Air Base carrying a specialist nurse from the Ambulance Service’s Special Air Ambulance Team.
Rescuers located the man’s body and transported it to Paphos Hospital, where a doctor pronounced him dead.
