Cyprus thieves steal ashes of Polish couple's son
by Helena Smith in Nicosia from on (#4X516)
Appeal for information after box stolen as parents prepared to scatter son's remains
A police operation has been launched in Cyprus in pursuit of a wooden box containing the ashes of a teenager that was snatched by thieves as his parents prepared to scatter their son's remains.
The hunt for the missing vessel intensified on Saturday following a plea by the teenager's distraught family. Kinga and Bartek Bebnarz had stopped at a restaurant near the beach where they had planned to spread the ashes when the incident occurred.
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