Cyprus on high alert over two missing boys

Police in Larnaca, Cyprus, went on high alert Tuesday morning following reports that two school boys went missing at Kamares state primary school.

According to Greece's state news agency ANA-MPA, the boys' parents are from Greece and they are friends.

The two children both aged 11 reportedly went to school as usual in the morning but later their whereabouts were unknown. Reports also said an unknown male appears to have asked the boys to help him place some items inside his car, with five children running to the man's aid initially.

He reportedly also told the children that he was a teacher. 

When the school bell rang, it became clear that two children were missing, identified as two good friends, 11-year-olds Themistoklis Donglis and Filippos Stamatakis.

Media reports said the unknown male, aged between 50 and 60, could have something...

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