Category: bodies

5 Slashed Bodies Found on Roadside in Southern Mexico

MEXICO CITY—The slashed-up bodies of five men were found on a roadside in southern Mexico on Tuesday, authorities reported. The bodies were lying on a road near the city of Iguala in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero. The state prosecutors’ office said all the men had knife wounds on their faces and necks, suggesting…


Solomon Islands Police Find 3 Bodies After Violent Protests

CANBERRA, Australia—Solomon Islands police found three bodies in a burned-out building and arrested more than 100 people in this week’s violence sparked by concerns about the Pacific nation’s increasing links with China. Australian media reported the bodies were recovered late Friday after riots and protests subsided. No other details were given. Authorities imposed a curfew…


Small Plane Crashes in Southwestern Germany, 3 Bodies Found

BERLIN—A small plane crashed shortly after taking off in southwestern Germany on Saturday and three bodies were found at the crash site, police said. The Piper aircraft came down in a wooded area near Steinenbronn, south of Stuttgart. The plane took off from Stuttgart Airport on Saturday morning with three people on board and was…


Official: Bodies of 3 Paraguayans Found in Florida Condo

ASUNCION, Paraguay—Paraguay’s foreign minister said Thursday that rescuers had found in the rubble of a collapsed Florida condominium the bodies of Sophia López Moreira, the sister of Paraguay’s first lady Silvana Abdo, her husband Luis Pettengill and the youngest of their three children. Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo told Paraguay’s ABC Cardinal radio station that the…


Indian Navy Recovers 22 Bodies From Barge That Sank in Storm

NEW DELHI—Indian navy ships recovered 22 bodies of people who were aboard a barge that sank off Mumbai as a cyclone blew ashore this week, officials said Wednesday. The search is continuing for 55 more missing people, navy spokesman Mehul Karnik said. He said the three ships and helicopters involved in the search had rescued…


Indian Navy Recovers 26 Bodies From Barge That Sank in Storm

NEW DELHI—Indian navy ships recovered 26 bodies of people who were aboard a barge that sank off Mumbai as the most powerful storm to hit the region in more than two decades blew ashore this week, officials said Wednesday. The search is continuing for 49 more people who are missing after the cyclone hit Monday,…


Hundreds of Bodies Found Buried Along Indian Riverbanks

PRAYAGRAJ, India—Police are reaching out to villagers in northern India to investigate the recovery of bodies buried in shallow sand graves or washed up on the Ganges River banks, prompting speculation on social media that they’re the remains of COVID-19 victims. In jeeps and boats, police used portable loudspeakers with microphones asking people not to…