"Beat & Release": Turk's Body Cremated in German Mix-up

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 23 December 2022) 

          He went to heaven anyway, not the fiery place. 

In Germany, the body of Abdülkadir Sargın, who died from a burst 

brain clot, was cremated instead of the body of a German citizen, by

mistake. (!)  The Turkish Foreign Ministry contacted Sargın's family

upon learning of the mix-up and issued the following statement:

"Our citizen Abdülkadir Sargın died in the emergency room of MHH

hospital in Hannover on 14 December 2022."

Sargın's body was turned over to a funeral home and on 22 December,

prior to burial, the body was washed and prepared in accordance with

Moslem strictures.  However (!), somehow Sargın's body got mixed-up

with the body of a German citizen and was cremated rather than buried.

Sargın's family was notified about the mistaken cremation by MHM's 

forensic service.  The Turkish Foreign Ministry remains in close 

contact with Sargın's relatives in Turkey and Germany and is continuing

to follow the situation.