Morocco morgue error: family discovers body already buried
A family from Tangier discovered that their loved one’s remains had been mistakenly handed over to another family, who had already buried it. The circumstances of this serious mix-up remain unknown.
The family arrived to retrieve their loved one’s body, only to learn it had been given to other people and then buried.
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The case, reported by TanjaNews, caused considerable distress in Tangier. No details have yet been provided about the facility involved or how the identification error occurred.
The identity of the deceased and that of the family who carried out the burial have not been made public.
An error discovered too late
The real family members were therefore unable to attend the funeral or perform the funeral rites themselves.
Calls have been made to open an investigation, establish responsibility, and verify the procedures for releasing remains.
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At this stage, no official statement has been released. The family is now seeking to understand how the body could have been handed over and buried by mistake without the confusion being detected.
