The Cypriot police are investigating the murder of a 28-year-old Ukrainian woman who, according to information, settled in Cyprus because of the war in her country.

The victim’s name is Lesya Bikova, and she has been in Cyprus since January 6 on a special residence permit issued by the Aliens and Immigration Service.

As they say in the message of police, about 8.00. On March 11, the police received a call from a 30-year-old resident of Paphos, who allegedly said that while in Petra tou Romiou with her girlfriend, she went to the edge of a cliff to take a photo on the spot. a scene that caused her to lose her balance and fall into the void.

Police officers rushed to the scene, and firefighters and a police airborne helicopter were called to retrieve the woman’s body.

On the spot, inspections were carried out by the police, as well as an autopsy by a forensic expert. A 30-year-old man who was present at the checks passed a drug and breathalyzer test with positive results, and as a result of checks carried out in his car, various evidences were found and seized.

According to the Cypriot media, an autopsy of the woman’s body, carried out by forensic experts Angelica Papetta and Orthodokos Orthosou at the mortuary of the Nicosia Hospital and lasting six hours, showed that the 28-year-old woman had a bone fracture in the hyoid bone point, which is observed in cases of strangulation, as characteristically mentioned by the representative Paphos police press Michalis Nikolaou.

In addition, Mr. Nicolau added, external bodily injuries were found on the body of the unfortunate woman, which raise suspicion of sexual violence, as well as additional external bodily injuries that were not the result of a fall from a height.

Answering a question, Mr. Nicolau stated that the suspect denies his guilt in the case, although he confirms with his testimony that he had previously been with the victim, claiming that it was an accident when the unfortunate girl tried to take a picture against the background of von Piotr tou Romiou. He later called to inform the police.

A 30-year-old man was arrested and taken into custody, and his lawyers demanded a new forensic medical examination of the victim.

According to ERT