Bodies donated to science 'left to be eaten by rats at Paris centre'

Inquiry to examine claims remains were found strewn around and dismembered

Authorities in France will investigate claims that human corpses donated for science were left to rot and be eaten by rats at a university research facility, the Paris prosecutor's office has said.

An investigation into violations of the integrity of a corpse" was handed over to magistrates by prosecutors who handled the initial phase of the investigation after l'Express magazine reported the scandal last November.