Two women released in abuse video case as court rejects detention request

Two women arrested over a TikTok livestream in which a child with Down syndrome was allegedly encouraged to perform indecent acts were released by the Nicosia district court on Thursday after it rejected a police request to remand them in custody, despite a third suspect being arrested in the same investigation later the same day.

The decision came after police sought detention orders for the two women, who had been arrested under court warrants following a cybercrime investigation into the...