Human remains discovered at burial site in Nicosia, CMP announces

Human remains have been discovered at a burial site in the Turkish occupied part of Nicosia, the Committee on Missing Persons announced on Tuesday.

The CMP said that a “CMP excavation team discovered a burial site containing multiple human remains in a military area near the new prison in the north of Nicosia”.

It said this is the 12th excavation conducted by the CMP in this large area, “all previous ones having been unsuccessful due to major changes in the topography that have occurred over the past decades”.

The CMP said the “exhumation of remains is ongoing and, once completed, the CMP will be able to provide information on the number of remains found”.

According to a press release, “the successful discovery of this site was made possible through information provided to the CMP by a new witness”.

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