The police arrested two individuals in the early hours of Tuesday to facilitate investigations into the murder of a British man in Peyia.

Sources said the people arrested are a 42-year-old woman who appears to be the victim’s partner, and the woman’s 22-year-old son.

According to the police, the man was found “injured” at 6.15pm, and was then transported to the Paphos general hospital, where he died at 7.45pm.

Newspaper Phileleftheros reported that the man had sustained stab wounds.

The scene was cordoned off as the police launched investigations.