Greek authorities arrested on Friday a 17-year-old Polish national for the brutal murder of 16-year-old girl Maja back in his home country Poland on April 23. The young man was as arrested in town of Katerini, northern Greece, where he was participating in a student exchange program.
The young man, against whom the Polish prosecution authorities had issued a European arrest warrant, is in custody and is expected to be brought before the Prosecutor’s Office of the Appeal Court of Thessaloniki on Monday in order to start the extradition procedures in his country.
According to Polish prosecution documents, the crime was committed on 23 April in the town of Mława, located in the north-east of Poland.
The details of the brutal crime have shocked the Polish society.
The young man allegedly lured the minor into an old carpenter’s workshop, where he repeatedly struck her with an axe or hammer. He then burned the girl by pouring an unknown chemical substance on her body and threw her into a plastic garbage bin.
The girl’s body was found in the same area on May 1, reportedly with severe head injuries.
Previous to her disappearance, young victim Maja had informed her mother that she was going to meet with a friend. She never returned home.
Missing Alert for Maja
After the brutal crime, the minor perpetrator allegedly used Maja’s cell phone and posted on her social media accounts with the aim to mislead the local authorities. Next day, he threw the victim’s mobile phone on the railway tracks, where authorities found it. They obviously had a quick clue with whom the victim would meet on the night she was murdered, identified him and issued a European arrest warrant.
Greek authorities traced him to a hotel in Katerini where he was staying and arrested on the basis of the warrant.
The young man is now in custody and is expected to be brought before the Prosecutor’s Office of the Appeal Court of Thessaloniki on Monday in order to start the extradition procedures in his country.
Polish authorities investigating the murder believe that the perpetrator had accomplices, but so far no accomplices have been identified.