Afghan arrested over death of Scottish woman found in suitcase

The Telegraph via Yahoo! News ^ | August 2, 2026 | Alice Lilley

[rightwingintelligentsia]

An Afghan man has been arrested in Athens in connection with the death of a Scottish woman whose body was found in a suitcase.

Elisabeth-Jane Ross, 38, from Edinburgh, was discovered on July 18 stuffed inside the suitcase and hidden in an abandoned building in the Kypseli district of the Greek capital.

Her body was discovered by a homeless man after a "bad smell" emerged from an empty building and he saw "what looked like a human limb" coming out of a suitcase.

Greek police said a 26-year-old foreign national from Afghanistan had been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, robbery and weapon violations after CCTV footage showed him carrying a large travel bag to the location.

They added that the man, who has not been named, confessed during police questioning to dumping Ms Ross inside a suitcase, before taking it to the site in Kypseli where the body was later found.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

How did the Afghan get in the suitcase?

A. To get to the other side!

[Texas Eagle]

They added that the man, who has not been named,

Place your bets. What do think his first name will be?

[Charles Martel]

If this story was adapted to one of those BritBox crime dramas, the bad guy would probably be Russian.

[SMARTY]

She sounded like a real gullible do-gooder

[Ken H]

“They added that the man, who has not been named...”

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What they don’t say tells you as much as what they do say.

[Mr. Lucky]

Chris?

[PGR88]

They’re just doing the jobs local Scotsmen refuse to do....

[Ezekiel]

How did the Afghan get in the suitcase?

Definitily a victim of blanket accusations.

[econjack]

Religion not named...place your bets.

[Magnum44]

[hanamizu]

I wonder if the Greek court will take into account the fact that in Afghan culture it is OK to murder and dismember women. /s

[Texas Eagle]

I’ll take that bet! But first I need to go out and buy a farm and bet that farm that his name is not Chris.

[Leaning Right]

> She sounded like a real gullible do-gooder <

Yet another victim of cultural assumption (if that’s the right term). Meaning that Western culture has an ethical value system. So we assume every culture has that same value system. Nope.

Another way to look at it:

Christ told his disciples to be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves.
(Matthew 10:16)

Too many Christians forget that first part.

[Red Badger]

Carrion Luggage Ping!................

[dfwgator]

Maybe the Blancmange turned them into Scotsmen...

[Red Badger]

It sure won’t be Bob...............

[ConservativeMind]

Her body was discovered by a homeless man after a “bad smell” emerged from an empty building and he saw “what looked like a human limb” coming out of a suitcase.

That should be told to all homeless people to get them off the streets.

“This could happen to you.”

Sadly, the lady seems to have been a compassionate woman. Such women need others around them, when dealing with stronger, desperate men.

[bray]

Ain’t diversity wonderful.

[dfwgator]

When even a homeless man detects a bad smell, that’s pretty bad.