AYIA NAPA, Cyprus, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A weekend altercation in a Cyprus bar with a trio of tourists resulted in a British soldier being stabbed to death, Cypriot police said.
Three soldiers stationed on the island got into a scuffle for some reason with three tourists who were identified as British citizens of Pakistani descent, police told the online newspaper Famagusta Gazette.
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The identity of the victim was not released. He was said to be a 19-year-old member of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
The pre-dawn incident took place in Ayipa Napa at a club that was off limits to British troops since an outbreak of alcohol-fueled violence in the 1990s, the Gazette said.
