Cyprus thieves steal ashes of Polish couple's son

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.