Greeks Find 6 Human Skulls In US Tourists' Luggage

Americans thought they were fakes
Greeks Find 6 Human Skulls In US Tourists Luggage
A file photo of skulls in Cambodia.   (AP)

Security officials at Athens international airport discovered six human skulls while scanning the luggage of two US tourists. The unidentified pair said they bought the skulls in a tourist shop in Mykonos and thought they were fakes. "The skulls were found in a scanner check during a stop-over in Athens on their way back to the United States," a police official told Reuters. "The coroner confirmed they were human skulls." The Americans have been charged with desecrating the dead and have been released pending trial. Read the full article. (More Greece stories.)

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