Macabre bag containing 54 severed human hands found in Russia
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09 March 2018 - 11:36
Russian police have launched an investigation after a bag containing 54 severed human hands was discovered near the city of Khabarovsk
According to the Siberian Times, initially a single hand was spotted in the Beshennaya channel of the Amur River. Then the bag with the remaining hands was located.
The site is a popular fishing spot for people living in the city near Russia's southeastern border with China.
Motive as yet is unclear as investigators have given no details on the case.
Macabre bag containing 27 pairs of human hands found in bag on Amur River island. Mystery over who the hands belonged to, when they were chopped off, and why. GRAPHIC IMAGES https://t.co/eq2B1N1Pn9 pic.twitter.com/wJZqYveSPr
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