SOCIAL
Greek ambassador to Brazil murdered by wife's lover
2016-12-31 15:05 GMT+8
Editor
Deng Junfang
A Rio de Janeiro police officer confessed to murdering Greece's ambassador to Brazil, police said on Friday.
Police in Rio de Janeiro said a burnt body found earlier this week was identified as Greek ambassador to Brazil Kyriakos Amiridis,59, and that a local police officer, Sergio Gomes Moreira Filho, 29, had been having an affair with the ambassador's wife.
Brazilian investigator Evaristo Magalhaes told reporters that Francoise Amiridis, 40,the ambassador's wife, and Filho are both in custody.
A Brazilian civil police officer escorts the wife of Greece's ambassador to Brazil Kyriakos Amiridis, Francoise de Souza Oliveira on December 30, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. Her husband, Kyriakos Amiridis, was murdered in a plot hatched by her and her police officer lover, who confessed to the crime. /CFP Photo
Police have also detained a cousin of the officer, who Magalhaes said acted as a lookout while the crime was being committed and helped carry the body from the house with the promise that he would be paid 25,000 US dollars, according to a report from swissinfo.ch.
According to police, the ambassador was killed inside a property in Nova Iguacu, near Rio, with his body then taken from the site in a car he had rented, which was burnt and abandoned.
Amiridis was stationed in Brasilia, but was spending his Christmas holidays in Nova Iguacu, where his wife's family lives. He had reportedly bought a house near the home of his in-laws.
Amiridis' wife originally said he left the family home on Monday without saying where he was going and had not seen him since. However, she only reported the ambassador missing on Wednesday.
The burnt car where Greek ambassador to Brazil Kyriakos Amiridis' body was found during searches is pictured at a police station in Belford Roxo, Brazil on December 30, 2016. /CFP Photo
On Thursday, a car matching the description of Amiridis' rented vehicle was found in Nova Iguacu, with a body inside.
Amiridis was the Greek ambassador to Brazil since early 2016. Before that, he had served as Greek consul in Rio from 2001 to 2004. Francoise and Amiridis were together for 15 years and have a 10-year-old daughter.
(With inputs from Xinhua)
Copyright © 2017
SHARE
- EXPLORE
- MORE
FOLLOW US
