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Explosion Destroys Limassol Betting Shop

A high explosives bomb detonated at 1am just outside a Limassol betting shop in Ayios Athanasios, said police, damaging the building and several cars parked outside.

Officers at the scene said it was a miracle no one had been injured in the explosion, which caused extensive damage to the Stanleybet premises.

Limassol police are gathering and examining forensic evidence from the scene.

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