Minister Resigns Amid Criticism in Cyprus Serial Killer Case

Minister Resigns Amid Criticism in Cyprus Serial Killer Case
Minister Resigns Amid Criticism in Cyprus Serial Killer Case
Cyprus' Justice Minister Ioanas Nicolaou talks to the media after a meeting with Cyprus' president Nicos Anastasiades at the presidential palace in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on May 2, 2019. Philippos Christou/Photo via AP
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NICOSIA, Cyprus—The Cypriot justice minister resigned Thursday, May 2, as criticism of police mounted for mistakes that may have let a serial killer claim more victims. The president vowed that Cyprus would solve these slayings and promised better protections for the island’s foreign workers.

A detained Cypriot army captain has admitted to killing seven foreign women and girls but he has not been named because he has not yet been formally charged.