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Greek envoy to Brazil Amiridis 'found dead' as wife is held Brazil police detain wife of murdered Greek ambassador Amiridis
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The body of a man found in a burnt-out car north of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro is that of the Greek envoy to Brazil, local media reports say. Police in Rio de Janeiro have detained the Greek ambassador's wife and three other people on suspicion of involvement in his murder.
Police suspect 59-year-old Kyriakos Amiridis was the victim of a "crime of passion", Rio news programme RJTV reported. The envoy, Kyriakos Amiridis, had been missing since Monday.
Mr Amiridis' wife is being questioned. His body was found in the boot of a burnt-out car on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro on Thursday.
Quoting unnamed sources within the Rio force, RJTV said that police were working on the assumption that Mrs Amiridis had conspired to kill him. Police suspect Mr Amiridis, 59, was the victim of a "crime of passion". His Brazilian wife, Francoise Amiridis, and a local policeman are being questioned.
Mr Amiridis had travelled to the city of Nova Iguacu, north of Rio, to spend the Christmas holidays there with his Brazilian wife, Francois Amiridis, whose parents live in the city. Police in Rio are working on the assumption that Mrs Amiridis was having an extramarital affair with the detained policeman and had conspired to kill him, local media reported.
She reported Mr Amiridis missing on Wednesday. The couple had been living together for 15 years and had a 10-year-old daughter, local news programme RJTV reported.
Mr Amiridis served as consul in Rio de Janeiro between 2001 and 2004 and returned to the country as ambassador earlier this year.
He had travelled from Brasilia to the city of Nova Iguacu, north of Rio, to spend the Christmas holidays there with his wife and her parents.
Mrs Amiridis reported Mr Amiridis missing on Wednesday.
She told police that he had left the apartment in the car he had rented on Monday evening without telling her where he was going.She told police that he had left the apartment in the car he had rented on Monday evening without telling her where he was going.
The burnt-out car was found on Thursday under a flyover on one of the main access roads to Rio with a body inside.The burnt-out car was found on Thursday under a flyover on one of the main access roads to Rio with a body inside.
Forensic tests have revealed the body is that of Mr Amiridis, but police have not yet officially confirmed the test results, RJTV says. Forensic tests have revealed the body is that of Mr Amiridis.
Police investigators also said that they had found blood stains on the sofa in the apartment that the couple were staying in. Investigators also said that they had found blood stains on the sofa in the apartment that the couple were staying in.
They told local media that they thought Mr Amiridis had been killed in the apartment before his body was taken away in his rental car.They told local media that they thought Mr Amiridis had been killed in the apartment before his body was taken away in his rental car.
A member of the military police was taken in for questioning on Thursday night and two other people are also being held.
RJTV said police sources had told their reporter that they suspected the police officer and Mrs Amiridis of having an extramarital affair and of conspiring to murder Mr Amiridis.
It is not yet clear what the two other people who have been detained are suspected of.