Body found in charred car in Rio de Janeiro believed to be missing Greek ambassador – report — RT News
Brazilian police imagine a physique discovered inside a burned-out automotive in Rio de Janeiro is that of Greek Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis, in response to Globo News. The ambassador went lacking on Monday night.
The automotive’s license plates match these of Amiridis’ rental automobile, in response to Globo, which confirmed photos of the charred automotive beneath an overpass within the Nova Iguacu neighborhood the place Amiridis went lacking.
The 59-year-old ambassador was final seen on Monday night, after leaving the house of his Brazilian spouse’s buddies within the poor and violent Rio suburb, police mentioned on Thursday.
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He was reported lacking by his spouse on Wednesday, in response to a state police official cited by Reuters.
Rio police inspector Evaristo Pontes advised Folha de S. Paulo newspaper earlier this week that he didn’t imagine the ambassador had been kidnapped, as no ransom had been sought.
“We’re following some leads, however not that one. If it had been (a kidnapping), those that took him would have made contact by now,” he mentioned.
An official on the Greek embassy didn’t verify the ambassador was lacking, saying solely that he was on trip in Rio and was anticipated to return to Brasilia on January 9.
The Brazilian Foreign Ministry has additionally declined to touch upon the case, stating solely that it’s being investigated by police. Greece’s Foreign Ministry additionally had no remark.
Iguacu assumed his publish in Brasilia earlier this yr, having beforehand served as Greece’s consul-general in Rio from 2001 to 2004. He additionally served as Greece’s ambassador to Libya from 2012 to 2016.
Rio suffers from a excessive crime fee, and violent crime is just not unusual. Rio state registered four,572 homicides via the tip of November 2016, representing a 19.7 p.c enhance from 2015, in response to the Public Security Institute.
