Inquest into shooting of migrant in buffer zone to begin on Wednesday

The inquest into the death of 24-year-old Shoaib Khan in the buffer zone-adjacent village of Potamia last year is set to begin at the Nicosia district court on Wednesday.

Khan was found dead in the Nicosia suburb of Strovolos on January 6 last year, but had been among a group of third-country nationals attempting to cross the buffer zone in Potamia. He had been shot in the back with a police weapon as officers attempted to immobilise a convoy crossing the buffer zone.

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