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Four arrested across Europe in separate killings: German teen accused of murdering grandmother, Afghan boxer charged in activists death

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Four people were arrested in separate cases across Europe on Tuesday, including a 16-year-old German boy accused of murdering his grandmother and a 26-year-old Afghan boxer charged in the killing of a Scottish activist in Greece.

In Eschweiler, near Aachen, Germany, a 16-year-old was taken into pretrial detention on suspicion of murdering his 61-year-old grandmother in their home early Monday, according to prosecutors. The boy called police himself, and authorities said the motive remains unclear. “We are still in the dark,” a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office told dpa .

In Athens, Greek police arrested Sharif Ahmadzai, 26, an Afghan professional boxer, in connection with the July 16 asphyxiation death of Elisabeth-Jane Ross, a 38-year-old Scottish activist. CCTV footage released by Greek media shows Ahmadzai dragging a large suitcase containing Ross’s body from her residence. Police said Ahmadzai stole Ross’s phone to use her bank cards and sent WhatsApp messages and updated her Facebook status to conceal her death. His American wife, Alaina Hall, provided critical evidence to investigators, according to a police statement .

In Marseille, France, a 2-year-old child was found dead with signs of strangulation, leading to the arrest of the mother, her partner, and a teenage girl. Police detained the three after inconsistencies in their statements and the discovery of the child’s body hanging from a blind cord .

In The Hague, Netherlands, a suspect was arrested after a 61-year-old man was fatally stabbed inside a home in the Schilderswijk neighborhood on Monday evening .

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