No racist element in Turkish Cypriot attack says government

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Wednesday moved to stress that given that it is now believed that the weekend’s attack on a Turkish Cypriot man in Ayia Napa was carried out by a group of Swedish tourists, there was no racial or sectarian motive behind it.

“The only comment we have to make is that in none of the cases, and this has now become apparent from the arrests of those considered suspects, were there nationalist or other motives behind this attack, which we condemned...