A 13-year-old boy was found holding a knife at the scene of a fire which was set in the Paphos district, the police said on Wednesday.

The boy was found amid island-wide operations carried out by the police with the aim of curbing the use of firecrackers, fireworks, and the setting of bonfires, known as “lambradjies”, in advance of Easter.

According to the police, a number of other youths had fled the scene when the police arrived.

Officers then called the boy’s parent to take him home.