Israeli businessmen targeted by attempted assassinations in Cyprus

• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Published date: 04 October 2021
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

According to the report, a 38-year-old Russian national of Azeri descent is suspected of plotting to assassinate a number of Israeli businessmen living in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia.

The case is being kept tightly under wraps due to national security concerns, according to Kathimerini.

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At least a few of the targeted businessmen were reportedly informed of the plot through intelligence and managed to escape the country in the nick of time.

Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi, the founder of the Playtech and SafeCharge companies, was saved from an assassination attempt in Cyprus after the security establishment in Cyprus warned him of the planned assassination, Walla news reported on Sunday.

The assassination was reportedly planned due to Sagi's debts to his Russian...