Femicide in Athens: She said she killed her ‘because she insulted the Prophet Muhammad’

The 22-year-old Pakistani asylum seeker, who was taken into custody on charges of murder and later arrested in Athens, the capital of Greece, in his first statement to the police, stated that he was a 17-year-old Greek citizen, whose name was described as Nikoletta. ‘he killed her because she had a girlfriend and wanted to break up with him’ but this time in the second statement he gave to the investigating judge. ‘For insulting the Prophet Muhammad’ claimed to have killed him.

Photo: Greek City Times

According to Stelyo Berberakis from BBC Turkish It was announced that the murder suspect of 17-year-old Nikoletta, who was found dead in his bed in his home in Peristeri, one of the western districts of Athens, at the beginning of last week and was determined to have been strangled, was caught and extradited to Greece after fleeing to North Macedonia.

The police announced that the Pakistani asylum seeker was caught with four different identities, and was previously arrested and released on suspicion of drug smuggling.

‘Humble’ or ‘Manasif’ The murderer, who used their names, spoke to Nikoletta in his first statement to the police after he was caught. ‘that they have been lovers for three months, When he said that he wanted to break up with her, he was blinded by greed and caused his death unintentionally in the struggle that broke out between them. He claimed.

The killer then took Nikoletta’s phone and personal belongings and said that he went to Thessaloniki and from there to Macedonia. When he tried to use Nikoletta’s mobile phone, he was caught by the Macedonian police and handed over to the Greek police.

The Pakistani asylum seeker changed his statement before the investigating judge. This time, to Nikoletta herself. ‘He pressured him to become a Christian and when he insulted the Prophet Muhammad, there was a struggle between them’ He claimed.

Arrested

The public-appointed lawyer is the suspect’s ‘He can’t defend himself for changing his statement’ announced his resignation due to

Pakistani asylum seeker ‘deliberate murder’ He was sent to prison pending trial on the charge.

Last week, women’s organizations and feminist groups gathered in Klaftmonos Square in central Athens to protest the increasing killings of women.

According to the news on Ekatimerini news site, the number of women killed from the beginning of 2022 until last week reached 15.