Billionaire Teddy Sagi, founder of Playtech and investor in Distributed Lab, escaped an assassination attempt in Cyprus.<\/p>\n
According to \u043c\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u0421\u041c\u0418<\/a>, Sagi was targeted because of debts to Russian partners. In Cyprus, he faced a hitman of Azerbaijani origin. It is reported that the killer held a Russian passport.<\/p>\n Local security services managed to warn the billionaire about the planned attack, and he left the country. Cypriot media reported the arrest of the alleged killer.<\/p>\n The attempted attack on Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office was \u043d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438<\/a> a terrorist act organized by Iran against Israeli businessmen living in Cyprus. Authorities believe there were other targets besides Sagi.<\/p>\n The Iranian Embassy in Cyprus rejected the accusation, \u043d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u0432<\/a> it unfounded.<\/p>\n In Sagi Group, Teddy Sagi’s company, they also \u043e\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0446\u0430\u044e\u0442<\/a> that the billionaire was the target of the killer:<\/p>\n \u00abThis was a thwarted terrorist act by Iran. The target is not Teddy Sagi, but Israelis in Cyprus\u00bb.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n