About 500 demonstrators, consisting mostly of members of the far-right and racist National People's Front (ELAM), had gathered in the Molos area to protest against an influx of migrants and asylum-seekers.
Greek-administered Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides condemned what he called “images of shame,” suggesting that the violence was the product of a group of petty criminals with no real connection to the migration situation.
“If all these people who were involved loved or cared about their country, they wouldn’t have committed such acts which above all heap shame on it.” Christodoulides said the government would “stand by” the owners of the stores damaged in the violence and has called a meeting with police officials to discuss what happened during the march.
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