Libyan Red Crescent volunteers bury 47 decomposed bodies in Benghazi
The Libyan Red Crescent – Benghazi branch – said that 47 unidentified bodies were buried after they had been kept in the morgue in the Benghazi medical center.
In a statement on Sunday, the Red Crescent said that the bodies were decomposed in the morgue as they were kept there for aboyt a year.
It also said that the Red Crescent’s volunteers in Benghazi branch had carried out the burial after being permitted to do so by the judicial authorities in Benghazi.
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