Paphos District Court imposed the first sentences today in the trial related to the fascist attacks against migrants living in Chloraka which took place in August.
In the trial of the initial 17 defendants accused of involvement in the attacks, penalties were imposed on two Greek Cypriots, philenews reports, while the proceedings for the remaining individuals were postponed to upcoming days, giving them time to enter pleas.
Specifically, the court fined a 19-year-old €600 and sentenced a 23-year-old to six months in prison with a three-year suspension and a €600 fine. Both defendants admitted their participation in the attacks before the court today.
For some of the other accused individuals, the proceedings were postponed to November 21, while for others, it was scheduled for March 6, 2024, to allow them to respond to the charges.
On August 27, a group of demonstrators broke from a far-right “anti-ghettoisation” protest in Chloraka and attacked migrants, while breaking the windows of shops and homes of Syrian residents with stones and injured people inside. The violence in Chloraka continued the following night, and a few days later, far-right mobs attacked migrants in Molos, Limassol.
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