A court in Cyprus extended the detention of a man that Israel alleges was a would-be assassin recruited by Iran to attack Israeli businesspeople on the island
The man was arrested in the Cypriot capital Nicosia on Sept. 27. Police say that when he was intercepted a pistol with a silencer were found in his rental vehicle.
The suspect has not been charged and officials have not identified him, beyond describing him as an ethnic Azeri with a Russian passport.Police vehicles arrive at a court, where a remand order was issued against a man suspected of plotting to murder Israeli businesspeople on the island, in Nicosia, Cyprus October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou"Investigations are proceeding at a rapid pace," police spokesman Christos Andreou told state TV.
Cyprus's authoritative Phileleftheros daily said the suspect, thought to have arrived in Cyprus 20 days prior to his arrest, was not cooperating with police.
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