Following two large fires caused by arson during the weekend, police on Monday called for anybody with any information on them which may help investigations to come forward.
Residents are urged to contact any police station, the citizens hotline at 1460 or submit a post via the electronic platform Report a Crime on the police app.
All information will be treated confidentially, police said.
More measures will be taken to combat the arsons, the forestry department said, adding for now the council of ministers has prohibited the movement of private cars on forest roads without a reason from 8pm until 5am every night until August 17. Some roads have also been closed using barriers.
Forest department director Charalambous Alexandrou on Monday condemned the arsons, saying there must be serious decisions to combat the phenomenon.
“Police must do their utmost to locate and arrest the arsonists, so that they can be punished by example,” he said.
It is possible that the fires were started by former seasonal forest firefighters who are dissatisfied that they have not been hired this year, but may also be the result of disputes by farmers or hunters who resort to arson as a revenge instead of resolving them peacefully.
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