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Bejay
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Local
News
STRONG
CURRENT
KILLS
RUSSIAN
HOLIDAYMAKER.
On
October
16th a
59 year
old
Russian
holidaymaker
who was
swimming
on a red
flagged
beach in
Chlorakas
was
pulled
under
the
water by
a strong
current.
Andrei
Vladimirovitch’s
wife
with two
other
holidaymakers
tried
desperately
to pull
him up
and out
of the
water.
Despite
attempts
Mr
Vladimirovitch
was
pronounced
dead on
arrival
at
Paphos
General
Hospital.
The
beach
was red
flagged
showing
it was
unsafe
to enter
the
water
and due
to the
end of
prime
season,
no
lifeguards
are on
duty on
most
beaches
throughout
Paphos.
POLICE
INVESTIGATE
SYRIAN
MAN’S
DEATH.
A 34
year old
Syrian
man
named,
Adnan Al
Farachi,
who is
the
father
of five
children
currently
living
in
Syria,
has died
in
circumstances,
which
are
being
investigated
by
Police.
On the
morning
of
October
17th, a
Romanian
National,
who was
apparently
working
with Al
Farachi
at a
building
site in
Chlorakas,
rushed
him to
hospital
in his
car.
Another
Syrian
man
working
with the
two was
operating
a piece
of
machinery
on the
site.
Police
have
taken
the man
in for
questioning
after
they
discovered
a water
tank on
its side
at the
site.
Apparently,
they
believe
this may
have
fallen
off the
machinery
and
struck
the
victim
on the
head.
The
deceased
sustained
severe
damage
to his
cranium
and
despite
doctors’
efforts
to
revive
him, he
was
pronounced
dead.
NEW
PROPOSAL
FOR
DRIVING
LAWS.
Andreas
Facontis
of AKEL
has been
discussing
the new
proposals
for
amendments
to
driving
laws and
regulations.
Mr.
Facontis
said
that the
original
proposals
by the
Government
were
very
strict
and in
the
opinion
of
political
party
AKEL,
too
strict.
Examples
of the
suggestions
were to
double
penalties
for
drivers
who had
held
their
license
for
three
years or
less,
and in
some
circumstances
to
confiscate
people’s
cars.
AKEL did
not come
out in
support
of the
new
proposals,
and as
DISY and
AKEL
have the
power to
prevent
laws
being
passed,
it will
be
amended.
The
Minister
of
transport
Maria
Malaktou
Pambali
has said
vehicles
will now
not be
confiscated
and
people
have 12
points
on their
license
instead
of 11,
as
previously
proposed
before
it is
taken
away.
Banned
drivers
will
have to
take new
lessons
and
retake
their
tests
before
they are
given
permission
to drive
again.
The
Government
are
trying
to make
the
roads
safe and
reduce
the
number
of road
accidents
and
deaths,
as
Cyprus
has one
of the
worst
road
accident
rates in
Europe
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