BRAZIL – Police in Rio de Janeiro have detained the Greek ambassador’s wife and three other people on suspicion of involvement in his murder.<\/p>\n
The envoy, Kyriakos Amiridis, had been missing since Monday.<\/p>\n
His body was found in the boot of a burnt-out car on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Police suspect Mr Amiridis, 59, was the victim of a “crime of passion”. His Brazilian wife, Francoise Amiridis, and a local policeman are being questioned.<\/p>\n
Police in Rio are working on the assumption that Mrs Amiridis was having an extramarital affair with the detained policeman and had conspired to kill him, local media reported.<\/p>\n
The couple had been living together for 15 years and had a 10-year-old daughter, local news programme RJTV reported.<\/p>\n
Mr Amiridis served as consul in Rio de Janeiro between 2001 and 2004 and returned to the country as ambassador earlier this year.<\/p>\n
He had travelled from Brasilia to the city of Nova Iguacu, north of Rio, to spend the Christmas holidays there with his wife and her parents.<\/p>\n
Mrs Amiridis reported Mr Amiridis missing on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
She told police that he had left the apartment in the car he had rented on Monday evening without telling her where he was going.<\/p>\n
The burnt-out car was found on Thursday under a flyover on one of the main access roads to Rio with a body inside.<\/p>\n
Forensic tests have revealed the body is that of Mr Amiridis.<\/p>\n
Investigators also said that they had found blood stains on the sofa in the apartment that the couple were staying in.<\/p>\n
They told local media that they thought Mr Amiridis had been killed in the apartment before his body was taken away in his rental car.<\/p>\n
UPDATE<\/strong> – Greek ambassador was killed by Brazil police officer, who was having an affair with envoy’s wife, investigator says<\/p>\n Source bbc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"