Opponents of 5G Networks Set Hearth to Cyprus’ Cell Antennae

A small group of people that oppose 5G cell phone know-how is probably going answerable for arson assaults in opposition to 4 cell phone antenna installations in Cyprus’ coastal city of Limassol, a Cypriot police official stated Friday. Police spokesman Christos Andreou instructed The Related Press that legislation enforcement authorities have agreed with telecommunication service suppliers to step up safety measures round antenna installations together with stronger fencing and extra frequent police patrols.

A press release issued by state-owned Cyprus Telecommunications Authority stated that authorities are “enormously troubled” over the in a single day arson assaults in opposition to antennas in three completely different components of the town this week.

Among the broken antennas additionally belong to the telecom authority’s cell phone rivals. Harm to at least one set up hampers cell phone connections within the space for weeks till repairs are accomplished, the authority stated.

Cyprus presently has no 5G community put in.

Related acts of vandalism have been repeated dozens of occasions this yr in Europe, the place conspiracy theories linking new 5G cell networks and the coronavirus pandemic are fuelling arson assaults on cell towers.

Well-liked beliefs and conspiracy theories that wi-fi communications pose a risk have lengthy been round, however the world unfold of the virus on the similar time that international locations have been rolling out fifth era wi-fi know-how has seen a few of these false narratives amplified.

The most recent assaults in Cyprus come on prime of three earlier arson makes an attempt in opposition to older cell phone antennas in Limassol throughout the Mediterranean island nation’s coronavirus lockdown, which was enacted in March.

A small, however vociferous on-line marketing campaign in opposition to 5G alleges in social media posits that emissions from the community’s antennas pose a critical well being threat and could also be linked to the unfold of COVID-19 by weakening the human immune system.

The sooner incidents compelled Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades to difficulty an announcement in April dismissing what he known as “groundless” fears that 5G poses any type of hazard to public well being or security.

Andreou stated that police have opened 22 instances in opposition to people for inciting others on-line to wreck cell phone antennas.

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