Cyprus politician accused of racism in the wake of sibling murder

A Cypriot MP candidate found herself in the hot seat on Wednesday for comments she made on social media where she appeared to link a horrific sibling murder in Larnaca to multiculturalism.

ELAM party member and MP candidate Maria Kalogeri has drawn criticism on a public Facebook page after she posted a comment in the wake of the Larnaca murder of a young girl who was killed by her 13-year-old brother. On Tuesday, around 5 p.m., a man from Romania entered his family residence in Agios Ioannis, in the old part of town in Larnaca, only to discover his 9-year-old girl in a pool of blood.

The girl had been stabbed multiple times by what turned out to be her own brother, described as a problem child aged 13. Reports said the girl was heard screaming for help but nobody rushed to her aid until her father returned home and started screaming for help.

"A Gypsy...