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Egyptian Hospital Worker Arrested for ‘Having Skeleton in the Closet’

Published September 13th, 2001 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

A hospital maid in Alexandria has been arrested for trading in the remains of the dead, selling them to medical students and anatomy professors, the daily Al Akhbar reported Thursday. 

Intelligence agents in the city traced Tawheeda Ateyya following a tip they had received, alleging that she stole remains from graveyards. 

It turned out that Attiyyeh had treated the remains with certain chemicals before assembling them into complete skeletons -- Albawaba.com  

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