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Ypsonas youths on racist rampage
By Anna Hassapi

A GANG of 30 youths went on a rampage in Ypsonas on Sunday night, verbally and physically abusing foreigners living in the village, as well as vandalising their properties.

The racist attack took place at 9.30pm, when the gang, equipped with sticks, stones and iron bars, proceeded to descend upon several houses, where they knew foreigners were living.

According to locals, the attack was a reprisal for an incident that took place on Saturday evening, when a group of foreigners living in Ypsonas assaulted an underage Cypriot boy.

“I am certain this was not an organised, racism-motivated incident,” Aristos Aristidou, Ypsonas community leader, told the Cyprus Mail.

“The incident took place because some local Cypriot boys wanted revenge on a group of foreigners who had attacked one of their friends on Saturday night. They decided to go find the group who assaulted their friend in order to confront them. On their way, however, they attacked any foreigner who came their way, as they did not know what their friend’s attackers looked like,” Aristeidou said.

Police confirmed that those targeted on Sunday were not involved in the incident the previous day and did not provoke the attack in any way.

At the first home, the youths attacked a 37-year-old, hitting him with their various weapons all over his body.

Three more people were assaulted at a second home, while nobody was home at a third, with the gang instead damaging the property.

Of the four victims, two are British while one is Romanian and the other Bulgarian.

All four were taken to hospital. They were later released after receiving treatment.

None of their injuries are thought to be too serious.

“Yesterday morning we found sticks and even skewers in the streets. We are concerned on how far the violence could have escalated. We fear of any reprisals from those who were attacked,” Aristidou said.

A police spokeswoman yesterday told the Mail that the youths were all under-age and said that arrests would be forthcoming.

Eyewitnesses said they heard the youths shouting racist insults at their targets, such as, “foreigners – get out of Ypsonas.”

Ypsonas’ community leader, however, denies there is tension between locals and foreigners in Ypsonas. “It is not about racism; there has not been any other incident of this sort in the past. Ypsonas is home to people of various nationalities and the locals have embraced them. There was a reason these young people attacked on Sunday. These are the kind of people who, if you hurt them, they hurt you,” Aristidou said.

With additional reporting by Leo Leonidou



Copyright © Cyprus Mail 2008

[Kikapu]

Turkkan, you need your brain tested for shorting out few fuses, or else you are so stupid, you don't know what Racism is.!!

So which is it, shorted out fuse, or just plain stupid.??

I'll go for the latter, so don't waste your money replacing the fuses..!!

[murf62]

Maybe you should attack the person who wrote the article (who is a GC by the way) rather than the bloke who posted it.

http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.ph ... 9&cat_id=1

[Bill]

And to think I nearly bought a house in that area few years ago

If the Cyprus economy starts failing I guess you will see a lot more of this happening all over Cyprus.

Bill

[Oracle]

And to think I nearly bought a house in that area few years ago

If the Cyprus economy starts failing I guess you will see a lot more of this happening all over Cyprus.

Bill

Is this what you are predicting will be on the increase .....

.... when a group of foreigners living in Ypsonas assaulted an underage Cypriot boy.

[Kikapu]

Maybe you should attack the person who wrote the article (who is a GC by the way) rather than the bloke who posted it.

http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.ph ... 9&cat_id=1

Turkkan named the title of this thread as "GC racist youth attack foreigners".

Did he not read the article first before posting it.??

Which part of this story is deemed Racist to him.??

Is it because the idiot "reporter" said so, or what.??

Where was Turkkan's own brain to see what really happened from the information given, rather than repeating the authors misguided comment as being a Racist Attack.??

[paaul12]

bill f u r still looking this site might help?


bill wrote:

And to think I nearly bought a house in that area few years ago

http://www.stringerestates.com/

[Bill]

bill f u r still looking this site might help?


bill wrote:

And to think I nearly bought a house in that area few years ago

http://www.stringerestates.com/

I already have a couple of plots in the north as it is but I'm quite happy in Larnaca as a place to live ~ more like a proper place rather than a pro military state .

Although the northern parts of the island are very pretty and steeped in history I don't think it's the right time go and live there just yet.

Nice try though

Bill ~~~ with interests on both sides of the island

[eracles]

i find the behaviour of the kids indefensible and the community leaders comments show the insight of a prickly pear...but...Turkkan...you're a nasty piece of work who goes out of his way to confirm his own bias...the irony is you're message is always 'GCs are bad' with these sorts of posts...You're nothing but a racist youself...Turkkan... You're fired!

[Magnus]

i find the behaviour of the kids indefensible and the community leaders comments show the insight of a prickly pear...but...Turkkan...you're a nasty piece of work who goes out of his way to confirm his own bias...the irony is you're message is always 'GCs are bad' with these sorts of posts...You're nothing but a racist youself...Turkkan... You're fired!

You forgot 'this was a bloody shambles.'