Thieves steal the corpse of former Cyprus president!

**~~BlackPirate~~** · December 11, 2009, 03:22 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8407552.stm

Thieves have stolen the corpse of Tassos Papadopoulos, the former president of the Republic of Cyprus, state television reports. Mr Papadopoulos' body was removed after his grave was broken into overnight, reports said.
Marios Garoyan, leader of the former premier's centre-right DIKO party, condemned the act as a "heinous and terrible crime", AFP reported.
Mr Papadopoulos died of lung cancer in Nicosia in 2004, aged 74.

Damn.Now this is something that you dont see every day

**s.rwitt** · December 11, 2009, 03:36 AM

Maybe they're going to hold it for ransom, there was a plot to do that with Lincoln's body once.

**Simon Cashmere** · December 11, 2009, 05:05 AM

Originally Posted by s.rwitt

Maybe they're going to hold it for ransom, there was a plot to do that with Lincoln's body once.

Indeed, and they had to charge the offenders with stealing a coffin, because stealing a corpse was not an offence at the time!

**Heinz Guderian** · December 11, 2009, 08:12 AM

Originally Posted by BlackPirate

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8407552.stm

Thieves have stolen the corpse of Tassos Papadopoulos, the former president of the Republic of Cyprus, state television reports. Mr Papadopoulos' body was removed after his grave was broken into overnight, reports said.
Marios Garoyan, leader of the former premier's centre-right DIKO party, condemned the act as a "heinous and terrible crime", AFP reported.
Mr Papadopoulos died of lung cancer in Nicosia in 2004, aged 74.

Damn.Now this is something that you dont see every day

Two kinds of people who make a lot of money: Greek and Sri Lankan gravestone engravers.

**Treize** · December 11, 2009, 08:14 AM

Angry Turks?

**~~godol shmok~~** · December 11, 2009, 08:22 AM

Gothic fans probably.

**Stavroforos** · December 11, 2009, 10:36 AM

wtf lol.

I bet it was the British.

**Romano-Dacis** · December 11, 2009, 10:47 AM

You must be joking...

**alhoon** · December 11, 2009, 11:51 AM

It is a sacriledge and it is bound to cause tensions in the area. Work of provocateers propably, but I don't know which side. Both our side and the Turks have enough idiots to try this.