Cyprus police have arrested 20 people after a march against migrants and refugees on the island’s second-largest city, Limassol, turned violent with mobs vandalising property.
Five people were injured during the unrest on Friday evening after about 500 people took to the streets for the march, the police said.
Rubbish bins were set alight and some shops were vandalised, police said. Witnesses quoted by Cypriot media outlets said some foreigners were attacked during the march.
Asian delivery drivers were assaulted and storefronts belonging to migrants were smashed as the violence continued until the early hours of Sunday, according to Reuters news agency.
Police used water cannon to disperse the protesters, some of them hooded and holding a banner that read “Refugees not welcome”.
Overnight Saturday to Sunday, three people from southeast Asia were attacked and robbed, state media said.
Credit: aljazeera.com
