Cyprus will send back to Switzerland Tuesday six French citizens who had been detained at an airport on suspicion of extremist links but now not considered to be a danger, authorities say.
The six — five men of Turkish descent and one of Algerian origin — were detained Saturday evening after arriving at Larnaca airport on a flight from Basel, Switzerland, police said.
There was no indication they had planned to stay in Cyprus but were more likely in transit, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said Monday, without specifying if they were headed for Syria.
Police say the men were not deemed terrorists but are still being sent back after being denied entry into the country.
“These people are not considered terrorists but we had our reasons for denying them entry and they are being sent back today,” police spokesman Andreas Angelides tells AFP, without elaborating.
— AFP
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