Police on Wednesday rearrested a 44-year-old man, who was already in custody, as a suspect within the arson of a number of vehicles positioned in a workshop in Nicosia, in addition to two institutions, a café and a restaurant, additionally in Nicosia.
In keeping with a police assertion, the 44-year-old was rearrested primarily based on a judicial warrant, following proof relating to a different 5 circumstances of automotive arson.
Particularly, the circumstances contain the arson of a automotive owned by a 43-year-old man, shortly after 4.30am on November 5, 2023, in Nicosia, with the hearth spreading and inflicting injury to 2 different vehicles parked close by, the arson of a automotive owned by a 55-year-old man, round 4.30am on November 20, 2023 in Aglandja, the arson of a automotive owned by a 68-year-old man, shortly after 5am on November 26, 2023 in Strovolos, the arson of a automotive owned by a 47-year-old lady, shortly after 5,30am on January 10 in Engomi, and the arson of a automotive owned by a 50-year-old man, shortly after 5am on March 24 in Paliometocho.
The 44-year-old was initially arrested on April 16, primarily based on a judicial warrant issued following proof gathered by the Nicosia CID relating to a automotive arson case within the space of Pallouriotissa round 5.30 am on the identical day.
Twelve vehicles have been fully destroyed by the hearth, whereas injury was prompted to 5 different vehicles.
The police imagine that the hearth was set to a automotive positioned exterior a automobile restore workshop and unfold to the opposite 16 vehicles parked exterior the premises.
Later the identical day, the 44-year-old suspect was arrested primarily based on two different judicial warrants, associated to 2 arson circumstances dedicated at a café owned by a 41-year-old man, simply earlier than 5am on February 10 within the industrial rea of Aglandja, and at a restaurant owned by a 30-year-old man and a 26-year-old man, round 5.30am on April 13 in Tseri.
The day after his arrest, the 44-year-old suspect appeared earlier than the Nicosia district courtroom, which remanded him eight days. His rearrest will likely be adopted by one other remand to ensure that the police to hold out new investigations.
