Police in Pakistan have arrested a gang of Afghans who were caught removing kidneys from the bodies of Kashmiri earthquake victims. The four men were discovered carrying a freezer box containing 15 organs from corpses trapped in rubble...Technorati Tags: Pakistan Earthquake, Earthquake, Kidney Thieves, Organ Transplantation
It was unlikely that the organs were in a fit state for any successful transplantation, but the men had planned to sell them to hospitals in Lahore and Rawalpindi. They had been working as jobbing butchers in Peshawar and were said to have believed that the kidneys would make their fortunes...
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Sunday, October 30, 2005
Kidney Thieves in Pakistan Earthquake Zone
From the Times Online: