Searches Continue for Missing 75-Year-Old Woman in Tsakistra
Volunteers and search teams will resume efforts on Thursday to locate Erato Athanasiou, 75, who has been missing since August 23.
Tsakistra, Cyprus. Searches are scheduled to continue from 7am to 7pm on Thursday, August 27, for Erato (Toula) Athanasiou, 75, who has been missing since leaving her home in Tsakistra at around 11am on Sunday, August 23. Drones from the Cyprus Institute were deployed on Wednesday to assist the operation.
Search coordination
Volunteers and all search bodies have been asked to report at 7am to the Management Centre at the “To Stekki tis Tsakkistras” café in Tsakistra.
Police will organise participants into teams and provide specific instructions on the areas to be searched in the wider Tsakistra area.
Safety instructions
Organisers have stressed that no participant should move alone through the forest or leave the team they have joined, citing the rugged terrain and very high temperatures.
They also warned that the high temperatures have increased the risk of a fire starting, while the terrain makes search conditions more demanding. Participants have been asked to comply fully with instructions from police and other responsible teams and avoid any unauthorised movements or actions.
Advice for volunteers
Volunteers have been asked to bring an adequate supply of water, preferably in a small cool box, wear long trousers and suitable closed shoes for forest and rugged terrain, and carry a small backpack with essentials and a spare shirt.
Participants should be in good health and have no conditions that could be worsened by heat and physical strain. Those travelling by vehicle have been asked to use vehicles suitable for forest terrain and to move them only on police instructions.
“No one moves alone. No one strays from their team,” the announcement said.
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