Syrian man nabbed at the police station after kidnapping own children in south Cyprus

A 39 year old Syrian man has been arrested in Paphos, south Cyprus for abducting his two children.

According to report, the man had broken the glass pane of the living room at the house in the Paphos community. The children were at the house with their mother but the man managed to grab them and drive off.

Police had launched an operation to find the children after they were taken from their home where they live with their Greek Cypriot mother who has sole custody.

Checkpoints and the airports had been alerted after the mother voiced concern that her former husband would take them abroad.

The man was nabbed at the police station where he went to report himself because of another case pending against him.

At the time, his nine year old son was in the car. 

According to a report by Greet Cypriot daily, CyBC, the child’s younger sister had earlier managed to get away after persuading her father to stop at a kiosk in order to buy something.

Both children have now been reunited with their mother.