Gypsy boys starve to death in Greek elevator
Star News Services
Published: Saturday, June 14, 2008
SALONIKA, Greece - Two gypsy boys who went missing three weeks ago in northern Greece were found dead in a blocked elevator, where they apparently starved to death, officials said on Friday.
The brothers, aged eight and six, were found naked inside an elevator cabin stuck between floors. An autopsy indicated that they died from lack of food and water, police and a coroner said.
Investigators found no signs of external injuries on their bodies and toxicology results were expected in 10 days.
The two boys were identified as Ahmet and Aihan Ceribashi, for whom a nationwide alert had been raised in late May after they vanished from a schoolyard in the city of Orestiada.
The four-storey building where they were found had been recently completed but not fully inhabited.
The authorities feared the boys might have ended up with people traffickers after their mother claimed they were given up for adoption for the sum of 20,000 euros ($31,000).
Published: Saturday, June 14, 2008
SALONIKA, Greece - Two gypsy boys who went missing three weeks ago in northern Greece were found dead in a blocked elevator, where they apparently starved to death, officials said on Friday.
The brothers, aged eight and six, were found naked inside an elevator cabin stuck between floors. An autopsy indicated that they died from lack of food and water, police and a coroner said.
Investigators found no signs of external injuries on their bodies and toxicology results were expected in 10 days.
The two boys were identified as Ahmet and Aihan Ceribashi, for whom a nationwide alert had been raised in late May after they vanished from a schoolyard in the city of Orestiada.
The four-storey building where they were found had been recently completed but not fully inhabited.
The authorities feared the boys might have ended up with people traffickers after their mother claimed they were given up for adoption for the sum of 20,000 euros ($31,000).
Labels: Greece, Gypsy, Gypsy Children
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