Oroklini beach deaths expose unstaffed towers and missing warning signs

Two 20-year-old Somali women, both working in Cyprus, drowned on Thursday afternoon at Oroklini beach after being swept by currents between breakwaters. Their deaths have raised questions about understaffed lifeguard towers and the absence of warning signage at the beach.

The two women were part of a group of five. They entered the sea between the breakwaters, fully clothed. A civilian, Panayiotis Gavalas, responded by inflatable boat with his six-year-old son on board, picked up another...