TRNC president Ersin Tatar requests help from south Cyprus in finding the killers of a Turkish Cypriot woman

TRNC president, Ersin Tatar on Sunday requested the help of the south Cyprus in finding two murder suspects, who are wanted for killing 45-year-old Ayca Alav in northern Cyprus.

The murder took place on Friday, and the two suspected killers are alleged to have fled to south Cyprus.

According to Turkish Cypriot police, Alav, who was working at Hit Bit exchange in Lefkcosia, had her hands tied behind her back and tied with a cable and duct tape by two assailants.

The suspects then shoved a rag in her mouth and put tape over it, covering her nose as well. A post-mortem a day later revealed that the woman had died from neck compression, and asphyxia from having her nose and mouth covered.

It was reported that Alav owned the exchange shop, and one of the main suspects in her murder is an African worker from Cameroon.

Police were able to arrest two suspects in connection with the murder, two 31-year-old men, one from Cameroon and the other from Pakistan who were suspected of aiding the two murderers to escape.

The two 31-year-olds were brought to court on Saturday, where they were remanded for three days.

According to what was heard in court on Saturday, the two assailants after killing the woman, took money from the exchange office and fled.

The police investigator said that they were alerted to the incident, after Alav’s daughter told a principle at her school that her mother did not come to get her.

After their investigations, police found Alav at around 9pm at a bet office near the exchange office.

Police said that the two men in custody helped the murderers by taking them to their apartment after the incident, and later bringing them to an area near the buffer zone, where they are suspected of having crossed to south Cyprus.

The two suspects are also suspected of throwing out the woman’s mobile phone in a bin near a supermarket.

Tatar requested help from south Cyprus in finding the two assailants on Sunday, after filing a request to the UN and through the bicommunal committee on crime.