Jerusalem, Oct 13 (PTI) A 27-year-old Pakistani national has been arrested in Cyprus on suspicion of planning to harm Israeli business people staying in the country, local media reported on Wednesday.

The suspect, whose name has not been unveiled, was arrested by the Cyprus police after the forces raided his apartment and confiscated three cellphones from his home, Ha'aretz quoted the In-Cyprus news website as saying.

Also Read | India Hits Out at China's Objection to Vice President Venkaiah Naidu's Trip to Arunachal Pradesh.

The arrest took place after the Cypriot police examined phone records belonging to the main suspect, a 38-year-old Azeri, who holds a Russian passport and was arrested in Nicosia in September while carrying a weapon.

A Cypriot court last week extended his detention.

Also Read | Cybersecurity Researchers Fix Bug in World's Largest NFT Marketplace OpenSea.

Israel had earlier this month alleged that arch-rival Iran had attempted to carry out a "terror attack" targeting Israeli businessmen in Cyprus following reports of an attempted assassination of Israeli-Cypriot billionaire, Teddy Sagi.

The Israeli Prime Minister's Office issued a statement claiming that the "attack didn't personally target Sagi, but was an Iranian terror attack targeting Israeli business people in Cyprus.

"This is not a criminal incident," Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's spokesman, Matan Sidi, then said adding, Sagi "was not the target"..

Iran had denied the allegations calling them "baseless".

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)