"Unfortunately, the appropriate arrangements were not made to avoid anxiety and unnecessary suffering, but mainly the fear caused to parents and children by the preparation and response to a terrorist incident that took place on Thursday in Limassol," the minister said today. Of Justice and Public Order, Ionas Nikolaou, expressing his apologies on behalf of the State.
Welcoming him during the event "Police and Public Day", which was organized in the Limassol Embankment, Mr. Nikolaou said that, through concrete measures that have been taken, this Government laid the foundations of a new era for the rule of law. and respect for human rights, ensuring that they will now receive the necessary respect from the security forces of the Republic.
"Therefore, incidents such as last Thursday, however isolated, are no longer accepted," he said, adding that he strongly felt the need to express, on behalf of the State, our apologies, especially to young people, in children and their parents ”.
Moreover, in his statements, the Minister of Justice said that “no one can leave such an incident unnoticed, especially when it has caused phobia, anxiety, to children and parents who were present there (at the Spyros Kyprianou sports center) carelessly, for to carry out the activity they carry out each time ”.
"The necessary measures should be taken to make the necessary arrangements, to make a better coordination with the leadership and certainly these exercises are necessary but to be done under the right conditions," he added.
Asked about this, he stated that the results of the exercise will be evaluated by the Police, while from a first briefing “it seems that the exercise went quite well, but an in-depth evaluation is needed, so that if there are any issues that need to be differentiated to improve, either in time or in degree of response, this will be evaluated and judged by the police ”.
Source: KYPE
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