Police have arrested a 35-year-old man in connection with the brutal attack on delivery drivers that took place Tuesday night in Paphos.
The 35-year-old was arrested yesterday and is expected to appear today before the Paphos District Court for the purpose of issuing a detention order against him.
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It should be noted that, according to the evidence under review, at around 8:40 p.m., a 26-year-old food delivery driver went to the Muttalou area to deliver a food order.
Upon his arrival at the delivery location, an unknown man, who was accompanied by three other individuals, refused to pay for the order and then attacked the 26-year-old by throwing a rock at him.
The 26-year-old alerted other delivery drivers, who went to the scene, while at the same time, about ten unknown men arrived in the area, some of whom were reportedly carrying metal objects.
The unknown men attacked the delivery drivers, while also knocking them to the ground and damaging their motorcycles.
Subsequently, four of the unknown men left in their vehicle and headed toward Mouttalo, where they encountered a 22-year-old delivery driver who had just completed a delivery.
Three of the suspects got out of the vehicle, attacked him, and managed to steal a sum of money and his cell phone before fleeing the area in an unknown direction.
Five delivery drivers were injured in the incident and were transported by ambulance to Paphos General Hospital. After being examined by the on-duty physician, it was determined that they had sustained various injuries. Four were discharged, while one remained hospitalized for further treatment.
It should be noted that the Paphos CID is investigating charges of conspiracy to commit a felony, conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor, disorderly conduct, robbery, assault causing actual bodily harm, unlawful possession and transportation of an offensive weapon, joint assault, and malicious damage.
Watch a video of the attack posted by the RoadReport.cy page
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