Larnaca, Cyprus. Police said a 53-year-old man was arrested in Larnaca on suspicion of aiding and abetting the kidnapping of a 23-month-old child by the child’s father. The kidnapping was reported to have taken place on Wednesday morning.
Arrest and custody
Police said the man was arrested at 10.10pm on Wednesday and was later taken to Limassol, where he remains in custody.
Account of alleged events
According to Phileleftheros, the man rented a vehicle and travelled with the child’s father, a 29-year-old man, from near where the father had crossed into the British Dhekelia base from the north to a village in the Limassol district where the child and the child’s mother live.
Mother’s lawyer statement
The mother’s lawyer, Ioannis Michalakis, told Phileleftheros that the child’s father is a Turkish national who had “constantly threatened her and seems to be involved in various situations”.
Michalakis said the father and an accomplice rented a vehicle and went to the mother’s house, alleging that the father tried to drown her in a pool while the other person grabbed the baby before they left together.
Timing and reported destination
The kidnapping took place on Wednesday at around 7.50am, with it believed that the child’s father travelled with the child to the north afterwards.
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