Minister of Cyprus resigns after case seriemoorden

The Cypriot Justice minister Ionas Nicolaou has resigned after many years gone unnoticed thing around seriemoorden.

The opposition and a large part of the media had him accused is not enough to have reached out to the people listed as missing in action were specified. A serial killer would since 2016, five women and two children to the life. the

“The president shall have my resignation accepted,” said the minister on the staatsomroep RIK. He said on the steps of a political sense of responsibility, even though he is not immediately responsible for politiethema. the

The victims come from Asian countries and Romania. They worked as domestic help in Cyprus and were reported missing. According to the left-wing opposition party AKEL, and various commentators in the Cypriot press had the police not enough done for them, because they as a kind of second-class citizens were considered. the

A 35-year-old man, a captain of the Cypriot National Guard, according to the public broadcaster have admitted the five women and two girls killed. The police has so far the bodies found of four women. Most of the victims would the serial killer have been dumped in a lake. Divers are still looking for the three missing bodies. The detectives fear that the potential offender more victims.