The Public Prosecution in Hodeida Province and the forensic department in the Public Prosecutor’s Office carried out the burial of 24 unidentified bodies, in cooperation with the International Red Cross and the General Department of Criminal Evidence.
The head of the Hodeida province Appeals Prosecution, Judge Hadi Aydah, explained that the burial process comes within the framework of the Public Prosecution’s duties regarding cases of unidentified bodies whose families are difficult for the authorities to reach.
He confirmed that the burial took place after completing all legal procedures related to these bodies, which had remained in hospital refrigerators for a long time.
For his part, the Director of Forensic Medicine in the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Dr. Ala’a Al-Dubaie, indicated that the burial of unknown bodies comes within the framework of the Public Prosecutor’s interest in humanitarian issues, and the cooperation of the International Red Cross in this aspect.
He noted the role of forensic evide
nce in carrying out the burial process, which requires examination, making identifications of the genetic characteristics of the bodies, and then numbering the graves, according to what is internationally practiced in such cases.
Al-Dubaie pointed out that, according to the definitions, numbers, and pictures of the bodies kept by the prosecution, they can be referred to to examine the remains if someone appears demanding them, indicating that burial is the only way to preserve genetic information and the characteristics of their DNA.
The burial was attended by the forensic physician, Majed Al-Hakimi, the forensic medicine official at the Red Cross, Bashir Taher, and a number of prosecution and forensic specialists
Source: Yemen News Agency