Attempted abductions of British children in Cyprus

[AnyoneForTennis]

Just read it on sky news but it wasn't a top news story

Anastacia Beach Hotel. Sounds very scary if true. Thank goodness someone was vigilant and stopped it. But a cover up by police? Weird

If nothing were amiss Thomson would not have relocated 80 families

"If nothing were amiss Thomson would not have relocated 80 families"

Thomson haven't moved ANY families.

It was Thomas Cook. Which if you might recall within the last month was subjected to very negative press coverage over a CO death on Corfu.

They are right to be ultra-cautious, in view of that, but it doesn't mean there was anything amiss.

I too think it's mass hysteria bollocks v

Ohhhhhhhhhh. He was in the Armyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. He was Trained. Trained, I tell you. To within an inch of his life. He would Know.

Presumably, he was also trained not to leave members of his unit unattended (particularly the two year old ones).

What a knobber.

Xenophobic twat that has been trained to view furriners as Other.

It all sounds like mass hysteria to me. Presumably other nationalities holiday in Cyprus yet only the British tourists decided to form a lynch mob?

I tend to agree with madwoman and I'm married to a ex squaddie.

It's interesting that the police have said there's no evidence of any abduction plot, despite such convincing witnesses. Don't witness reports count as evidence?

Thomas Cook will have moved the families because they were kicking up a fuss and because it will be easy at this time of year with the resort half empty. Doesn't mean they think there's any truth in it

Whilst I understand the power of mass hysteria, I don't see why people are quick to dismiss everything so freely.

How do people explain 8 or so men/women dressing up in staff uniforms, playing with the kids etc all week and non of them work there. The hotel confirmed they went staff as if to allay fears but surely that's more worrying!!!

So they checked the phone of one man but there were suspected to be 8 or so men and women involved so one phone and background check does surely not dismiss!

The hotel said they don't work there and aren't guests so why then were they there?

Seems a lot unexplained to me plus one father said he saw footage of his kids on the phone of one person?

If you google there was a similar incident last year, same hotel, UK family where two year old missing for 40 mins and found with European woman down the road who claimed she was handing child in when confronted. Perhaps she'd only just stumbled across her but 40 mins is a long time for a two year old to go unnoticed out and about alone.

In MM case the police knew pedophiles gangs etc were operating around area so it's a line in that enquiry. Jeremy Vargas is a Spanish boy who went missing from his Nan's garden in gran canaria same year as MM and hasn't been found. Again suspected due to gangs in area.

The Cyprus case may not be true but can't believe people being so dismissive as it's certainly does happen.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3130796/Horrified-father-tells-toddler-daughter-arms-suspected-kidnapper-Cypriot-resort-British-tourists-week-foiled-alleged-abduction.html

I lived in Cyprus for many years and can believe that the police would cover this up. The level of corruption there is outrageous.