George Low murder: Brit tourist 'was stabbed to death in Ayia Napa in row about public urination'

Stabbed to death: George Low was killed in Ayia Napa
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Jamie Bullen17 August 2016

A British tourist was fatally stabbed in Ayia Napa after he and a friend were embroiled in a row about urinating in public, a woman told a court.

George Low, 22, from Dartford, Kent was killed and Ben Barker, also 22, suffered four stab wounds to his back in an attack at the Cypriot resort on Sunday hours before they were due to fly home.

Police said the pair were attacked by two knife-wielding men after a fight broke out on a packed street at the popular tourist hotspot.

The Cyprus News Agency reported a 48-year-old woman, arrested over the stabbings, told the Famagusta District Court the Britons were scolded by two Turkish Cypriot men for urinating in public.

Knife attack: Friends paid tribute to George Low after the stabbing
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She said her 22-year-old boyfriend disclosed that he and his 42-year-old friend perpetrated the attack which police said they are treating as murder and attempted murder.

The woman said she picked up her boyfriend shortly after the stabbing and helped him to change clothes before returning to collect his mobile phone from a spot where he had hidden it.

Arrest warrants: Police are hunting Mehmet Akpinar (left) and Sali Ahmet
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The woman has yet to be charged but was ordered by the court to remain in police custody for eight days to allow investigators time to prepare a case against her as an accessory.

Police spokesman Andreas Angelides said authorities are still searching for the two alleged attackers, who have been identified as Mehmet Akpinar, 22, and Sali Ahmet, 42.

A third Turkish Cypriot who allegedly helped the men cross north of the island nation is also being sought.

Mr Low’s mother Helen, 47, said the friends were due to fly back on Sunday.

She said her son’s death had devastated her, her husband, postman Martyn, 55, and their children Wesley, Laura, Oliver and Millie.

She said: "We're just heartbroken. We cannot believe something like this could happen to our son.”

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