Sharjah24 – AFP: Protesters against coronavirus measures and vaccines attacked a Cypriot television station and torched cars outside the building in Nicosia on Sunday evening, the station said.
Police confirmed the incident at Sigma TV and said around 2,500 protesters went to the network after a larger protest outside the presidential palace against a Covid "Safepass" and "forced" vaccinations.
"A cowardly attack took place on Sunday night outside our headquarters" in the capital Nicosia, Sigma TV said. "Our headquarters was attacked by mobs who threw crackers and damaged our cars."
Earlier in the evening around 5,000 people demonstrated outside the presidential palace and at the end of the protest about half of them went to the Sigma television building, police said.
A car at the network was set on fire and there was damage to the building, police said. There were no immdiate reports of arrests or injuries.
Sigma said the police had entered the building to protect those working there.
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