Authorities in Ayia Napa have been alerted after gunshots were fired at four people at a well-known café in Ayia Napa.
According to the spokesman for the Famagusta police department, Lieutenant Andrea Konstantinou, a Kalashnikov assault rifle was found in an underground area near the Maritime Museum, which is being examined to see if it was used by the perpetrator.
The video from the moment of the attack:
Also, according to the same information, the four injured were not at the table of the businessman, who was the target of the assassination attempt, but next door.
According to the Police, around two today in the early hours of Sunday (16/2), a person wearing a hood on his head, passed outside a cafe restaurant located on Kryou Nero Avenue and after pulling out a gun, fired shots at six people, while then he was shot. on the run.
The shootings injured four people, a 26-year-old woman, two 38-year-old men and a 32-year-old man. They are three Greek Cypriot residents of a village in the province of Famagusta, and a Greek woman.
Men from ADE and TAE Famagusta, the Assistant Police Director of Operations and an ambulance that transported the four injured to the Famagusta General Hospital went to the scene.
All the injured have bullet wounds on their bodies, while the 26-year-old is undergoing surgery. The condition of the four people is considered serious but out of danger.
According to information, the businessman who was the "target" of the attack had left the area 20 minutes before the shots were fired. Investigations revealed that the perpetrator fired about 25 shots.
The scene was blocked by strong police forces while the investigators of TAE Famagusta continue the investigations.
Shortly before 09:00 in the morning, the Chief of Police, Cyprus Michailidis, was at the scene.
It should be noted that the Police have launched a manhunt to locate the perpetrator, who today in the early morning hours opened fire outside a well-known cafe on Kryou Nero Street, injuring four people.