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Police find 36 human skulls at home of Italian expatriate
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/10/police-find-36-human-skulls-at-home-of-italian-expatriate/
Police in Burundi have discovered dozens of human skulls during a search of the home of an Italian expatriate, officials said Sunday.
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“Everyone in Burundi is stunned and shocked by this, because it’s the first time we’ve had such a thing. Even anthropologists stopped doing this kind of thing a long time ago,” police spokesman Helmenegilde Harimenshi told AFP.
He said Favaro, who has lived in Burundi for around 10 years, had been buying the skulls for $50 (around 40 euros) each and selling them for $300.
However it remained a mystery as to what the skulls would be used for and why they were being sent to Thailand, adding that Burundi had asked Interpol to help with the investigation.
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“Police then discovered 36 human skulls during a search of his house, along with other incriminating evidence,” he added.
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“Everyone in Burundi is stunned and shocked by this, because it’s the first time we’ve had such a thing. Even anthropologists stopped doing this kind of thing a long time ago,” police spokesman Helmenegilde Harimenshi told AFP.
He said Favaro, who has lived in Burundi for around 10 years, had been buying the skulls for $50 (around 40 euros) each and selling them for $300.
However it remained a mystery as to what the skulls would be used for and why they were being sent to Thailand, adding that Burundi had asked Interpol to help with the investigation.
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“Police then discovered 36 human skulls during a search of his house, along with other incriminating evidence,” he added.
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Oh those... I can explain...
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http://digitaljournal.com/article/286067
Skulls of victims of one of the massacres during the 1994 Rwandan genocide are displayed at the Genocide Memorial Site church of Ntarama in Nyamata, Rwanda, in 2004.
Read more: http://digitaljournal.com/article/286067#ixzz2kLjGB1ey
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Just a quick count of the skulls came to over 100 - so I snooped around the web.
Makes one wonder about the validity of the rest of the story,
no?
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