ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek police charged two U.S. tourists with desecrating the dead on Thursday after they found six human skulls in their hand luggage at Athens international airport, a police official said.
"The skulls were found in a scanner check during a stop-over in Athens on their way back to the United States," said a police official who requested anonymity. "The coroner confirmed they were human skulls."
The two young tourists said they had bought the skulls in a souvenir shop on the island of Mykonos and believed they were fake, the official said, adding they had been released pending trial.
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"The skulls were found in a scanner check during a stop-over in Athens on their way back to the United States," said a police official who requested anonymity. "The coroner confirmed they were human skulls."
The two young tourists said they had bought the skulls in a souvenir shop on the island of Mykonos and believed they were fake, the official said, adding they had been released pending trial.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100916/od_nm/us_skull_luggage_odd;_ylt=Auty8ISgXrZZpAWmBf_SmSntiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJwcmw2Y2I4BGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMTAwOTE2L3VzX3NrdWxsX2x1Z2dhZ2Vfb2RkBHBvcwM2BHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDZ3JlZWtzZmluZGh1
