An unidentified object that may have been a missile or UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) crashed near the Turkish-occupied village of Vouno in the Kyrenia district, at around 1 am Monday.
The explosion led to a fire which was contained at around 3.40 am. There were no injuries. The explosion was heard in much of Nicosia.
Reuters reported that officials were studying debris at the crash site. The so-called foreign minister Kudret Ozersay in the north said on Twitter that “the cause of the accident that occurred tonight was not … a helicopter or one of our similar vehicles,” Ozersay.
“Our soldiers, police and firefighters are carrying out inspections and responding at the site.”
He said it was not immediately clear what caused the crash.
“Initial findings indicate the object that caused the explosion was either an aircraft carrying explosives or a direct explosive (missile). The writings and signs on the debris will allow us to understand exactly what happened soon,” he added.
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci who visited the area linked the explosion to military operations in the Middle East.
“It is clear that this is not something that comes from our country… it is one of the bad sides of the war in the region,” he said.
Hurriyet newspaper quoted Akinci as saying that the object was an UAV and not a missile.
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