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Woman stopped at German airport with husband’s bones in luggage
- The woman said her husband died in 2008 and that she and her daughter decided to bring his remains home to a final resting place in Armenia
- Federal police found the transfer of the remains to be lawful, and the public prosecutor also saw no grounds for a criminal investigation
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A 74-year-old Armenian woman was stopped at Munich airport and human bones were found in her luggage, German federal police said on Tuesday.
Officials found the remains in a wooden box and called on customs officers, a doctor and the public prosecutor to examine the strange case.
After questioning the woman and her 52-year-old daughter, police learned the pair were on their way from Greece back to their native Armenia via Munich and Kiev.
The older woman said her husband died in 2008 and was buried in Thessaloniki, Greece and that she and her daughter decided to bring his remains home to a final resting place in Armenia, police said.
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Federal police found the transfer of the remains to be lawful, and the public prosecutor also saw no grounds for a criminal investigation.
The two women were allowed to continue on their journey with the boxed remains.
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