Cyprus ‘serial killings’ of Filipino women spark horror, anger at police over racism

Seven foreign women and girls murdered, some dumped in a toxic lake – the “first serial killings” in Cyprus have provoked horror and sparked accusations of police racism.Since mid-April, the Mediterranean island’s press has slammed official failings over the murders, which 35-year-old army officer Nicos Metaxas has allegedly confessed to carrying out.Andreas Kapardis, a criminologist and emeritus professor at the University of Cyprus, said the killings were first such case since the island won…