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Greece: Pakistani kills girlfriend (17) and tries to escape via Balkan route



In Greece, a young girl was killed by her Pakistani boyfriend after she tried to break up with him. The confessed perpetrator with no clarified identity almost escaped via the Balkan route in the direction of Central Europe.

The murder of a young Greek woman has caused an uproar in the press and among Greek citizens these days. On the first day of August, 17-year-old Nicoletta died at her family's home in the Athens suburb of Peristeri. The perpetrator, who has since confessed, is a suspected 22-year-old Pakistani named Ahsan, with whom the girl had been in a relationship for ten months. But the identity and age of the perpetrator remain uncertain. Apparently he does not have official papers from his home country. According to the current status, he gave the police various information about his name, year of birth and parents in four cases.

However, "Ahsan" seemed to have the trust of Nicoletta's family. The young Pakistani even had a key to the family home. He also visited his future victim on the day of the crime after his mother and sister had gone to work. During the afternoon, the mother called her daughter several times. When Nicoletta didn't answer after two hours, she began to worry. She alerted her partner and Nicoletta's sister. The two found the lifeless body of the young woman in the bedroom of the apartment.

A few days earlier, according to her mother, Nicoletta had decided that she wanted to break up: "They didn't have a fight. She was fine, but wanted to end the relationship. She didn't want that anymore.” As it turns out, before her death, Nicoletta received dozens of threatening messages from Ahsan. According to the Greek police, the perpetrator suffocated Nicoletta by covering her mouth and nose with the help of a piece of cloth. Bruises on her arms show that the girl put up a massive fight.

The public prosecutor's office also assumes that the procedure was coldly planned. This is shown by the way the Pakistani continued after the deed was completed. His behavior showed neither shock nor remorse. Rather, the perpetrator organized his departure from Greece immediately after the crime. He arrived at an Athens train station with a friend to head north out of the capital.

Departure movements via Evros and Balkan route
The search for the fugitive perpetrator, who had already confessed to Nicoletta's murder , began immediately after the crime became known. In fact, he is probably 20, 21 or 22 years old if any of the statements he has made to the authorities at various times are correct. So he gave two different names and three years of birth. He also gave the names of his parents three times differently. The Pakistani was known to the police for drug offenses, among other things.

According to the TV channel Ant1 and other media, the fugitive first went by train to the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, allegedly to flee from there across the Greek-Turkish border on the Evros. Members of the Pakistani community reported this to the authorities. He later pretended to be going back to Athens to turn himself in. But his cellphone data confirmed he was in northern Greece last Tuesday and Wednesday. The authorities concluded that he wanted to escape to Central Europe via the Balkan route. In fact, it is believed that he also met his smugglers in Thessaloniki, or at least spoke to them on the phone there.

Police cooperation with North Macedonia began. A search was also launched there. Border controls between the two countries have also been strengthened. Somewhere in northern Greece, the perpetrator turned off his mobile phone. Only when he crossed the border towards North Macedonia did he turn on Nicoletta's cell phone, which he had also taken with him. So the Pakistani was found together with several compatriots and illegal migrants. "Ahsan" was immediately handed over to the Greek authorities.

The civil protection minister tweeted that the arrested person would now be transferred to the responsible public prosecutor's office. On Monday he was brought before a judge, surrounded by a large number of police officers, who informed him of his criminal record and gave him an extended period to prepare his defence. He is now said to be refusing to testify and demanding to speak to his family in Pakistan. He initially claimed his act was the result of an "argument" with his girlfriend.

The victim's father asks, "What kind of love was that?"
The family lawyer said: "The mood in the family of the unfortunate Nicoletta is very grave. It's a tremendous pain for both the father and the mother." The arrest of the perpetrator was nothing more than a "drop of consolation for these people". Both mother and father expressed a desire to meet their daughter's killer, but this was not possible, according to the family lawyer. The anger of the relatives about this man and "a big why" constantly accompanied their thoughts.

The estranged father said he advised Nicoletta against the relationship from the start. In conversations with him, Nicoletta always stated that she was fine and that she was happy in the relationship. The Pakistani hadn't made a good impression on his father. He advised Nicoletta to break up and stay away. The father demanded the death penalty for the murderer in an interview with the Star television station.

When asked by TV station Ant1, he said: "What would I say to him? Shame on you! You tell someone you love them and then you do that to them? What kind of love was that?" Nicoletta's mother told broadcaster Alpha, "He killed my child and took my soul. I only seek justice.” In her most recent TikTok video, posted July 29, Nicoletta sings in what appears to be good, if not elated, mood without any signs of stress. The video is arguably yet another document of a fatal misunderstanding between two very different cultures.

The man who confessed to the crime stated in his statement  : "Nicoletta spoke badly about the Koran and asked me to become a Christian."

The Greek media is now talking about the so-called "Love Jihad", a term that originally comes from India. It wouldn't be the first time, and it shouldn't come as a surprise either, that young Muslims hope that their future wives will convert to Islam. Pakistanis play a particularly important role in Greece, and have long been one of the largest immigrant groups in the country. Pakistani parades - whether with political or religious content - are no longer a rarity on the streets of Athens.

Source: Tichys Einblick
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