A Syrian man was taken from his home in Nicosia on Saturday, beaten and then left handcuffed to a column in an abandoned construction site in Limassol, police said on Monday.
The man was spotted by passer-bys who heard him calling for help and notified the police.
Upon interrogation, the man said that early Saturday, four Greek Cypriot men broke into his home in Nicosia, bound him under threat of a gun, beat him and then drove him to an abandoned construction site in Parekklisia in the Limassol district.
According to the police report, the four men then proceeded to beat him again, handcuffed him to the column and left..
He was transported to the Nicosia general hospital where he was treated for multiple cuts and bruises on his body and was later released.
According to police spokesman Andreas Angelides, the victim stated to police interrogators that the kidnap has to do with his brother being wanted by the police for forgery and fraud.
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