Police are investigating an assault on a 45-year-old teacher outside an elementary school in a community in the Paphos district. A 40-year-old woman has been arrested as a suspect in the case.
According to the police, based on a complaint filed by the teacher, yesterday at 9:45 a.m., she was verbally assaulted by a 40-year-old woman outside the school where she works and was subsequently struck in the face with a hand.
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The teacher, according to the complaint, fell to the ground, where she was allegedly kicked, and the 40-year-old woman then allegedly broke the prescription glasses she was wearing.
Based on the information being investigated by the police, the two women are said to have had a financial dispute over various items the teacher had purchased from the 40-year-old’s business, and the two met yesterday morning outside the school, in order, according to the evidence under investigation, to discuss and resolve their dispute.
Following the complaint, the police arrested the 40-year-old woman yesterday afternoon pursuant to a court warrant. She was questioned and taken into custody, and is expected to appear in court today, facing charges of assault resulting in actual bodily injury and malicious damage. She is expected to be formally charged in writing and subsequently summoned to appear in court.
According to the police, the 45-year-old teacher went to Paphos General Hospital after the incident, where she underwent a series of examinations. As determined by the doctor on duty, she had bruises and abrasions on various parts of her body.
Source: CNA
