An errant missile struck Cyprus early Monday, skimming the densely populated cap...
NICOSIA - An errant missile struck Cyprus early Monday, skimming the densely populated capital Nicosia and crashing on a mountainside in what officials said could have been a spillover of an Israeli strike on Syria and a counter response.
The explosion occurred around 1 a.m. in the region of Tashkent, also known as Vouno, some 20 kms northeast of Nicosia, with the impact setting hills ablaze and heard for miles around. There were no casualties. “The first assessment is that a Russian-made missile ... which was part of the air defense system that took place last night in the face of an air strike against Syria, completed its range and fell into our country after it missed,” Turkish Cypriot Foreign Minister Kudret Ozersay said in a post on Facebook.“The pieces that fell to several different points prove that the missile exploded in the air before it crashed,” he said.
The freak incident would be the first time that Cyprus has been caught in the crosshairs of military operations in the Middle East despite its proximity to the region.
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