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Greeks find human skulls in luggage of U.S. tourists

21 Σεπτεμβρίου 2010

Greeks find human skulls in luggage of U.S. tourists

Greek police charged two U.S. tourists with desecrating the dead on Thursday after they found six human skulls in their hand luggage at Athens international airport, a police official said.

“The skulls were found in a scanner check during a stop-over in Athens on their way back to the United States,” said a police official who requested anonymity. “The coroner confirmed they were human skulls.”

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The two young tourists said they had bought the skulls in a souvenir shop on the island of Mykonos and believed they were fake, the official said, adding they had been released pending trial.

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68F4PG20100916?feedType=nl&feedName=usoddlyenough