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January 12, 2005
Thailand exhumes tsunami victims as world's largest forensic ID center opens
Topics: Southeast Asia Earthquake and TsunamiBarnama (Malaysia) Jan 12.
PHUKET, Thailand (AFP) - Thailand forged ahead with the grisly task of
exhuming tsunami victims for DNA testing as the largest ever
international forensics operation to identify the thousands killed was
launched.
Authorities repeated assurances that all the bodies they had of tsunami victims, including some which had already been interred, would be DNA-tested amid fears people have been buried without proper identification.
Some bodies have also been cremated but only after being positively identified. The interior ministry said in a daily update Tuesday that it had 5,309 people confirmed dead, including 1,728 Thais, 1,240 foreigners and 2,341 bodies that could not be identified by nationality. The number of missing was put at 3,370, including 1,102 foreigners. Read more...
Posted by Hyscience at January 12, 2005 7:51 AM
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