ZAMBOANGA
CITY, Nov. 7 (PNA) – The city government has allocated Php 200,000 for the
holding of a mass burial this month of 17 unclaimed cadavers in this city.
Socorro Rojas,
city social welfare and development office (CSWDO) chief, on Monday said the
unclaimed cadavers will be buried at the city government-owned cemetery in
Barangay Talabaan.
Rojas said the
cadavers, which were deposited at a local funeral parlor, belong mostly to
victims of summary execution while the rest are of “mentally challenged”
individuals who were found dead since January this year in this city.
Rojas said the
cadavers, all listed as unidentified, were not immediately buried to give ample
time for families to claim the remains if they happen to be their relatives.
She disclosed
that this year’s number of unclaimed cadavers were lesser than the previous
years.
In 2015, she
said there were 20 unclaimed cadavers in the city. (PNA)
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