NICOSIA, Cyprus - Cypriot police say a Canadian man has been found bludgeoned to death at the bottom of a gorge near a southern coastal resort.
Police spokesman Michalis Katsounodos said Thursday the victim has been identified as 39-year-old Sergy Nalyvaisky, a Canadian citizen of Ukrainian descent.
The coroner’s office says Nalyvaisky suffered multiple head injuries caused by a blunt instrument before his body was thrown into the 330-foot (100-meter) gorge.
Katsounodos says Nalyvaisky arrived on the island June 27 and was staying at a hotel in the southern coastal resort of Limassol. He had been due to leave Thursday.
His body was discovered by a hiker Wednesday 34 kilometers (21 miles) east of Limassol, near the Aphrodite’s Rock tourist attraction.
