Parents may not be told if 兵士s' 団体／死体 parts have been kept by MoD

  • Parents of 30 兵士s killed in Afghanistan whose remains were 内密に 保持するd may never be told
  • The 王室の 軍の Police spent yesterday 接触するing the horrified 親族s
  • 認める it would 知らせる only the '指名するd next of 肉親，親類' of those 兵士s 影響する／感情d, usually a spouse

By TIM SHIPMAN and CHRISTIAN GYSIN FOR THE DAILY MAIL

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Parents of 30 兵士s killed in Afghanistan whose remains were 内密に 保持するd by the Army may never be told what has happened to them.

The 王室の 軍の Police spent yesterday 接触するing the horrified 親族s of those whose 団体／死体 parts were 不法に stashed away after the Mail 暴露するd the スキャンダル.

But the 省 of Defence 認める it would 知らせる only the ‘指名するd next of 肉親，親類’ of those 兵士s 影響する／感情d, usually a spouse.

Casualty: Troops carry a wounded British solider in Afghanistan

死傷者: 軍隊／機動隊s carry a 負傷させるd British solider in Afghanistan

Serving 兵士s 表明するd 関心 that in families torn apart by the 強調する／ストレス of bereavement some parents would have no idea what had happened to their loved ones.

As the MoD moved to 含む／封じ込める the 列／漕ぐ／騒動, 労働 需要・要求するd an 調査 by the ありふれたs defence select 委員会 and called for 上級の officers responsible to be held to account.

The Mail 明らかにする／漏らすd yesterday that about six major 団体／死体 parts of servicemen killed in the line of 義務, which should have been given to their families for burial, were 設立する in July at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

More than 50 見本s of human tissue on microscope slides were also hidden away at 王室の 軍の Police （警察，軍隊などの）本部 on Salisbury Plain. 法廷の 実験（する）s 明らかにする／漏らすd the remains of 30 兵士s had been 保持するd without the 許可 of their families.

Shocking: Six major body parts of servicemen killed in the line of duty, which should have been given to their families for burial, w ere found in July at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford

Shocking: Six major 団体／死体 parts of servicemen killed in the line of 義務, which should have been given to their families for burial, were 設立する in July at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford

Those who believe they were 影響する／感情d 反応するd with fury.

Heather 支持を得ようと努めるd, whose husband 令状 Officer Charlie 支持を得ようと努めるd was killed in December 2010, said: ‘I was 絶対 荒廃させるd. I’m 絶対 disgusted.’

Janice Fullarton, the mother of Lance Corporal James Fullarton, who died in Sangin three years ago, told ITN lunchtime news: ‘It’s bad enough having to come to 条件 with the way you have to bury your children ? without having to listen three years on that there is a 可能性 there could still be parts of him in a hospital not far away.’

But not all parents will even know if their child’s remains have been mishandled.

One 兵士, 令状ing on the Army Rumour Service website, said: ‘Family 関係s can get 緊張するd through the bereavement 過程, even if they weren’t 緊張するd before the bad news.

‘明らかに (the MoD) will only be 通知するing next of 肉親，親類, so parents will either find out through wives or girlfriends if they see fit, or won’t be told at all. They will therefore not have any say in the burial or 処分 of the 団体／死体 parts.’

The MoD says its 優先 is to 接触する the families 影響する／感情d but ‘appropriate 活動／戦闘’ could be taken against individuals ‘where 予定 過程 hasn’t been followed’.

Last night 労働 MP Thomas Docherty, who sits on the defence select 委員会, wrote to the chairman, Tory James Arbuthnot, 勧めるing an 調査 once the MoD has 完全にするd its work.

An Army 広報担当者 said it had carried out a ‘包括的な audit’ into the ‘事例／患者s where 法廷の 構成要素 was 保持するd beyond the time it was 要求するd for 調査s’.

He 追加するd: ‘The Army would like to unreservedly apologise for the 苦しめる this will have 原因（となる）d.’

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