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Albanian ‘black widow’ accused of killing husband

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TIRANA, June 22 – The Greek media reported this week about a serial murderer, an Albanian whom they called a “a black widow,” named after the poisonous spider.
“I killed Tassos Tsagaropoulos,” comes out from the shocking cynical confession of the after a 24 hour interrogation, writes the media.
The 54-year-old woman from Albania, named Vagelitsa Zagka, (or Evangjeli Zhaka, confessed that she and her boyfriend murdered the businessman. She introduced her 61 year old Greek partner as her uncle at the local community of Diakoptou. She argues that they had economic differences with the victim, who pressured and threatened her.
She claims that her boyfriend died from pathological causes in September 2009, shortly after the murder of businessman.
The authorities continue the investigations in order to determine if indeed the accomplice has died or if she is lying.

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