
Only 12 soldiers were in the van that caught on fire last Friday on the Limassol-Nicosia highway, the defence ministry said on Monday.
The statement came in response to a complaint raised by Disy MP Efthimios Diplaros, who claimed that the number of soldiers on board exceeded maximum capacity and that luggage was piled up in the aisle .
Defence ministry spokesman Chistos Pieris said this was an isolated incident