Afghan migrant arrested over Athens suitcase murder is Christian aid worker
Police say CCTV shows Sharif Ahmadzai moving the suitcase and investigators allege he used the victim’s cards to withdraw £10,000.
- On Saturday, July 18, the body of Edinburgh native Elisabeth Jane Ross, 38, was discovered inside a suitcase in an abandoned building in Kypseli, leading to the arrest of 26-year-old Afghan boxer Sharif Ahmadzai.
- Ahmadzai arrived in Greece in 2016 and won the Greek super lightweight boxing title in 2023, operating a refugee charity with his wife, US-born Alaina Hall, who allegedly held keys to the flat where Lisa stayed.
- CCTV footage from July 16 shows Ahmadzai wheeling a suitcase through Athens, and police allege he used the victim's mobile phone to impersonate her in messages while withdrawing £10,000 from her accounts.
- Preliminary reports suggest asphyxiation caused the death, and Alaina Hall reportedly provided investigators with location-sharing data showing her husband at the apartment on July 15 and 16, along with £2,550 in cash.
- Facing charges of intentional homicide, robbery, and weapons offenses, Ahmadzai remains in custody and is due to appear before magistrates in Athens; he denies murder, though police report he admitted to transporting the body.
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The 26-year-old Afghan man faces criminal charges for manslaughter, robbery and violations of weapons laws. The post 26-year-old Afghan man in Evelpidon – Apologizes for the murder of the British woman in Kypseli appeared first on in.gr.
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