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Nicosia, Jan 21 (CNA) -- The Cyprus police have issued arrest warrants against three Turkish Cypriots, one Turkish national and the son of a Turkish Cypriot mother and a Turkish father, in connection with investigations into a murder of three Turkish Cypriots, last week, in the southern government-controlled part of the island.

The warrants were issued following evidence gathered through witnesses and DNA material linking them to the murders which had led the police to the three suspects, who all live in the northern Turkish-occupied areas.

DNA material collected from the victims' house and the scene of the crime is also being examined by forensic experts.

The three Turkish Cypriots against whom arrest warrants have been issued are Mustafa Mehmet, from Pentagia village, now living in Turkish-occupied Morphou, Fikret Mustafa, also from Pentagia, living in Morphou and Emin Fikri, from Androlykou village, living in occupied Kyrenia.

Hikmet Oruc, living in Kyrenia, is the son of a Turkish Cypriot and a Turk from Mersina and Mustafa Cavga, from Turkey, now living in the village of Kythrea are the other two persons wanted by the police.

The three Turkish Cypriots, who were murdered last Saturday, are a banker, his wife and their daughter. All were found shot dead in a car, near the village of Koshi, in Larnaca district, in the free areas.

Police have said that they were shot with a nine-millimetre gun, and one of the shell-cases had been manufactured in Turkey.

Police continue their inquiries into the case and have notified the relatives of the dead persons about the course of their investigations.