A woman was murdered in the upper floor of the police station in Lavrio, Greece, used to house refugees. Evin Ekrem Ali (35), a Kurdish refugee woman from Rojava, was stabbed and murdered by her husband Behzat Ali.

The murder took place last evening. The murderer fled after killing his wife and it was the children of Evin Ekrem Ali who found out about the murder. The authorities of the camp where Lavrio Kurdish refugees lived reported the incident to the police while Kurdish refugees started to look around the city streets to catch the killer.

The murderer was caught only three hours after the killing following searches carried out by Kurdish refugees and police.

It was learned that Evin Ekrem Ali, from Qamishlo, came to Greece with her family about 2 years ago. She had 4 children. 

Reaction from Kurdish institutions

Athens Kurdistan Cultural Center and Lavrio Camp Committee condemned the murder of Evin Ekrem Ali in a statement.

The statement added: "Lavrio Camp has been recognized by the whole Greek people for years because of its life shaped by a democratic, ecological and women's libertarian paradigm. It is unacceptable to reflect the murder, as some media outlets are doing, blaming the type of paradigm established in the camp. There are other political purposes behind this news. We will continue to fight murders of women in Lavrio and everywhere."