A 30-year-old man suffered stab wounds and other serious injuries after getting into a fight with a 53-year-old man in a supermarket car park in the Limassol district village of Pissouri, the police said on Sunday.

According to the police, the 30-year-old was after the fight transported by ambulance to a hospital in Limassol, where it was found that he had sustained “injuries to various parts of his body” caused by a knife and “serious bleeding from his neck”.

As a result, he was rushed to surgery, with doctors on Sunday describing his condition as serious but stable.

The 53-year-old was arrested on Sunday and appeared in court later in the day, where he was remanded in custody for eight days. He stands accused of attempted murder.

The police’s investigation into the matter is ongoing, with it having been reported that the two men had “personal differences”.