February 12, 2012
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Police find stolen corpse of Papadopoulos
A member of a forensics team cordons off a grave where the body of Papadopoulos was located in Nicosia.
10 March 2010 / REUTERS/AP, NICOSIA
Greek Cypriot police have discovered the corpse of former president Tassos , three months after its macabre theft shocked residents of the Mediterranean island.
Police said the corpse, found at a cemetery on the outskirts of the capital, Nicosia, after a tip-off late on Monday, had been identified by family members and subjected to DNA tests. “We have received the DNA test results and the body is that of the late president,” police spokesman Michalis Katsounodos told Reuters. Papadopoulos died in December 2008, and his body was stolen last December, a day before the anniversary of his death.
Those held responsible for the crime ranged from Balkan crime gangs looking for a ransom to political opponents of the former president, who led Greek Cyprus from 2003 to early 2008.
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