Incident Summary:

04/27/2020: Assailants set fire to a mobile phone mast on the roof of a supermarket in Limassol, Cyprus. There were no reported casualties in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, authorities asserted that the attack may have been carried out in relation to a conspiracy theory regarding the link between 5G radio waves and the COVID-19 pandemic.

GTD ID:
202004270018

When:
2020-04-27

Country:
Cyprus

Region:
Western Europe

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Limassol

City:
Limassol

Location Details:
The incident occurred at Giannou Kranidioti 1.

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Telecommunication
Name of Entity Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA)
Specific Description Mast
Nationality of Target Cyprus
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Yes
Extent of Property Damage Unknown
Value of Property Damage Unknown
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Incendiary Arson/Fire
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Conspiracy theory extremists No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 0 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 0
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 0
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"Police investigate second telephone mast arson in as many weeks," Cyprus Mail, April 28, 2020.