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Woman stabbed in the back in Ledra Street shop
Cyprus Mail
May 24, 2013 Friday
POLICE are investigating the attempted murder of a 39-year-old
Georgian woman in a shop in Ledra Street yesterday.
The woman, who was stabbed in the back was taken to Nicosia General
Hospital and operated on. Her condition is considered critical.
According to a police spokesman a Kurdish man entered the shop she
works in, at around 3.30pm, argued with her and allegedly stabbed her
in the back.
Witnesses at the scene told the Mail the woman, who was alone in the
shop at the time, came out with blood dripping from her back and
stumbled into the middle of the road, as her assailant ran off.
"We had to take five scarves from my store to stop the bleeding," a
shop owner Alexandros Kozas, said. Reports claim the Kurdish man had
been involved in a heated argument with the victim's brother days
earlier and had been punched in the face, leaving him with several
broken teeth.
According to Kozas, the suspect had visited the woman, who is believed
to be of Armenian descent, on Wednesday demanding money to repair his
broken teeth but had been turned away.
Yesterday, he returned to the store, allegedly with a knife and
plunged it into the woman's back after she again refused to give him
money.
"They argued and when she refused to give him any money, he stabbed
her in the back and ran off," Kozas said. Police are still searching
for the Kurdish man, who they said has had run-ins with the law
before.
A police officer collecting evidence at the scene of the stabbing
yesterday afternoon
Cyprus Mail
May 24, 2013 Friday
POLICE are investigating the attempted murder of a 39-year-old
Georgian woman in a shop in Ledra Street yesterday.
The woman, who was stabbed in the back was taken to Nicosia General
Hospital and operated on. Her condition is considered critical.
According to a police spokesman a Kurdish man entered the shop she
works in, at around 3.30pm, argued with her and allegedly stabbed her
in the back.
Witnesses at the scene told the Mail the woman, who was alone in the
shop at the time, came out with blood dripping from her back and
stumbled into the middle of the road, as her assailant ran off.
"We had to take five scarves from my store to stop the bleeding," a
shop owner Alexandros Kozas, said. Reports claim the Kurdish man had
been involved in a heated argument with the victim's brother days
earlier and had been punched in the face, leaving him with several
broken teeth.
According to Kozas, the suspect had visited the woman, who is believed
to be of Armenian descent, on Wednesday demanding money to repair his
broken teeth but had been turned away.
Yesterday, he returned to the store, allegedly with a knife and
plunged it into the woman's back after she again refused to give him
money.
"They argued and when she refused to give him any money, he stabbed
her in the back and ran off," Kozas said. Police are still searching
for the Kurdish man, who they said has had run-ins with the law
before.
A police officer collecting evidence at the scene of the stabbing
yesterday afternoon