Cyprus condemns TV attack by protesters opposed to COVID measures

Police make five arrests after the violence which followed a rally by thousands of protesters in the capital, Nicosia.

The Cyprus government has condemned protesters opposed to its coronavirus curbs and vaccination campaign who attacked a television station and clashed with police. A protest against measures to contain the pandemic and COVID-19 vaccinations escalated on Sunday after an angry mob attacked the premises of the Cypriot television station Sigma. The state will not be threatened by people who, “citing irrational conspiracy theories, try to lead the country back into the Middle Ages”, said President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday.