NICOSIA: Cyprus\u2019 chief prosecutor appointed an independent investigator on Sunday to oversee a criminal probe into the killing of a Pakistani man in police shooting.<\/p>\n
Pakistan\u2019s Foreign Office told Dawn that the ambassador to Cyprus, based in Beirut, was in touch with Cypriot officials over the matter.<\/p>\n
The move comes a day after authorities said the Pakistani national was fatally shot with a police service weapon.<\/p>\n
The announcement by Attorney General George L. Savvides about the independent investigator\u2019s appointment followed a post-mortem exam that contradicted an initial forensic analysis. He said the decision followed a briefing by the police chief regarding the ongoing inquiry into the incident. He said he had appointed an independent \u201ccriminal investigator in relation to the circumstances of the death of a young man from Pakistan\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cSenior counsel of the Republic, Ninos Kekkos, will lead the investigations being conducted by the police.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the autopsy, a bullet wound was found on the right side of the man\u2019s back. Police found the 24-year-old\u2019s body in a field in a suburb of the capital Nicosia on Jan 6, a national holiday. Several days later, police alleged officers had fired shots during an attempt to intercept suspects, saying the death could be connected.<\/p>\n
Local news website Phileleftheros reported on Sunday that three police officers were being questioned over the shooting, which happened in a different place from where the body was found.<\/p>\n
Phileleftheros reported that police had said shots were fired at the tyres of a vehicle believed to be involved in illicit migrant smuggling near the line that divides the island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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