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Torture in the Med
Reports have emerged from the island of Cyprus of multiple videos capturing the “torture of at least seven people” inside a Larnaca-district casino.
shocking and degrading”
According to the Cyprus Mail on Monday, an investigation into an organized crime ring uncovered the videos described in court as “shocking and degrading.”
The videos were found on the mobile phones of a 48-year-old with a long criminal record and who now faces charges, including “kidnapping, torture, conspiracy to commit a felony, illegal possession and transport of firearms.”
Police investigators said the videos show victims being beaten, threatened with weapons, and forced to hand over cash.
Extreme violence
Reports cite a man with a swollen eye and head wounds being punched in the face, insulted and spat at by the 48-year-old.
The suspect later strikes the victim on the head with a knife “as he screams, threatening to mutilate him.”
repeated kicks as victims cry and plead for mercy”
Another victim has a gun pushed into his mouth while being asked questions, while other footage shows “knives being sharpened in front of victims, hands being slashed, belts used to whip exposed bodies, and repeated kicks as victims cry and plead for mercy.” During the assault at the casino in the Larnaca suburb of Pyla, one clip shows a victim appearing to urinate out of fear.
Prosecutors told the court that police have identified three of the victims and are working to trace the remaining four.
All seven are said to have endured “savage abuse.”
Mastermind jailed
Cypriot authorities believe the abuser is a prominent businessman doubling as the ringleader of a wider crime group that has operated for multiple years, posting security thugs at venues like casinos, and collecting and laundering cash payments.
The forty-something remains in custody where he is already awaiting trial for a January 7 incident where shots were fired during a “brawl involving multiple vehicles and individuals.”
Police officers described the videos on the man’s phone “as among the most disturbing they have encountered.”
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