Cyprus police: 3 people sought in fatal stabbing of Briton

NICOSIA, Cyprus – Police in Cyprus say they have issued arrest warrants fort two Turkish Cypriot men and a Greek Cypriot woman in connection with the fatal stabbing of a British man and the wounding of another Briton in the popular coastal resort of Ayia Napa over the weekend.

A Cyprus policeman told The Associated Press on customary condition of anonymity Tuesday that the Greek Cypriot woman was placed under arrest after being questioned by investigators.

George Low, a 22-year-oldfrom Kent, England, died after he and his friend were attacked in the early hours Sunday by two knife-wielding men along a busy street in Ayia Napa shortly after getting into a shoving match with one of them.

The other Briton, also 22, suffered four stab wounds to his back, but is expected to recover.

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