Afghan boxer charged with murdering Scottish aid worker in Athens

In Athens, a city long accustomed to sheltering the displaced, an act of violence has claimed one of those who came to help them. Elisabeth Ross, a 38-year-old Scottish aid worker volunteering with a refugee charity, was found dead in a suitcase in a derelict building on July 18, 2026, three days after she is believed to have been killed. Sharif Ahmadzai, a 26-year-old Afghan boxer she had met through her charity work, now faces charges of intentional homicide, robbery, and weapons offences — a case built in no small part on the testimony of his own wife. The trial ahead will ask what truly ha