Authorities are intensifying a complex investigation on the coordinated broad daylight killing of businessman Stavros Demosthenous and according to Politis sources, it is yielding a number of developments, albeit at slow pace, but still enough to pave the way towards the killers and the masterminds.
The fast paced effort also involves the number of arrests, that three days after the murder, has now risen to four. Following the remand of a 44 year former footballer, the owner of a motorcycle used in the crime, three individuals were arrested late yesterday.
According to the same sources, they are two Greek Cypriots from Nicosia, 58 and 39 years old and a Greek national, 30, living in Limassol, who were remanded this morning by the District Court in Limassol. Two of them seem to be connected with the motorcycle. Their homes were searched last night and a number of evidence collected for forensic examination, including mobile phones.
Politis reports that the four suspects are not believed to be ther actual killers, but 'associates', more specifically planning accomplices, people who assisted in peripheral jobs connected with handling significant logistics in executing the crime, such as providing the vehicles and the motorcycle.
CID officials are cautiously optimistic that the four initial arrests, will, under a number of circumstances, lead to the executioners, as well as the masterminds. To this end, an official statement by police spokesperson Kyriaki Lambrianidou, seems to be quite pertinent.
'The specific arrests are not the end, but possibly the beginning. So we will be cautious on the details involving the substance and possible motives behind this criminal act'.
The results of DNA testing on a number of evidence, particularly the hat found at the scene, belonging to one of the killers, as well as the motorcycle, are expected later in the day.
Additionally, police also conducted a search of two cells in Central Prisons. They involve individuals that according to authorities are allegedly implicated in the murder. There is still no knowledge on whether anything incriminating was discovered.