ATHENS: Greek police on Sunday said they had arrested a suspect in their investigation into the death of a British woman whose body was found in a suitcase in Athens this month.

The police in a statement said they had arrested a 26-year-old man, identified in media reports as an Afghan national, adding that he had confessed his actions.

“Officers of the Directorate for Combating Organised Crime have solved the homicide of a 38-year-old UK national, whose body was found inside a suitcase in an abandoned building in the Kypseli area on July 18,” they said.

They had opened a criminal file against him for “intentional homicide, robbery and violation of firearms legislation”, they said. The woman, identified in media reports as Elisabeth-Jane Ross from Scotland, had come to Greece on June 26.

Published in Dawn, August 3rd, 2026