Mother accused of killing daughter on Athens beach granted extension to testify

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A 32-year-old Algerian woman accused of killing her three-year-old daughter has been granted an extension to appear before an investigative judge in Athens on Wednesday.

The woman, arrested on Friday, was escorted to court on Sunday by Coast Guard officers but appeared without legal representation.

She faces charges of intentional homicide of a minor and repeated domestic abuse causing harm to a vulnerable family member.

The child’s body was found early Sunday morning, July 26, on Edem Beach in Palaio Faliro. A forensic autopsy confirmed death by asphyxiation and revealed additional bruises and injuries.

Authorities say the woman, who is in Greece illegally and has two other children, was seen pushing a stroller in the area before her arrest.

She reportedly gave conflicting accounts during questioning, initially claiming her daughter died after falling in the bathroom, then later stating she drowned in the sea.

Police are also investigating reports of prior abuse from neighbours and looking into the role of an elderly man who frequently visited the woman. The children’s father has not been located.

Source: Ekathimerini.

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