Bangladeshi delivery driver racially attacked in Limassol south Cyprus

A delivery driver has been hospitalised after he was assaulted and sprayed with an unknown substance in yet another racist attack in Limassol southern Cyprus in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

The incident occurred around 2 a.m. Tuesday on Independence Street when the 28-year-old victim, a Bangladeshi national who was reportedly riding his motorcycle towards a hotel in the city to deliver an order stopped at traffic lights.

A car carrying four young men pulled up alongside him, and the front-seat passenger sprayed an unknown substance in his face, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the ground with a burning sensation in his eyes.

After parking his motorcycle on the pavement and removing his helmet, the delivery driver approached the attackers’ vehicle to question their actions.

The front-seat passenger exited the car, followed by the three other occupants, who punched and kicked him repeatedly, before leaving the scene. The assault was witnessed by a security guard from a nearby hotel and several members of the public.

The delivery driver who suffered injuries to his head, pelvis, and back was transported by ambulance to Limassol General Hospital, where doctors treated him for his injuries.

Police later discovered the suspects’ abandoned vehicle in a car park in Mesa Geitonia, Limassol. The car has been impounded for forensic examination at Limassol Police Headquarters.

Two men, aged 20 and 22, were later arrested in connection with the assault. Authorities are currently working to identify the registered owner of the vehicle.

The attack followed a series of attack against delivery drivers. 

Earlier, the police had confirmed that a total of 10 people had been arrested in connection with attacks in the first two and a half weeks of this month.