Moroccan Family Seeks Repatriation of Son’s Body After Murder in Bosnia

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Moroccan Family Seeks Repatriation of Son's Body After Murder in Bosnia

The family of the young Saïd Addou, murdered and buried in Bileća in Bosnia-Herzegovina for a month, is trying to repatriate the remains to Morocco, in order to bury him on his native land, according to Muslim rites.

According to the correspondent of the Anadolu website, the 20-year-old young man was the victim of a homicide whose circumstances have not been determined. He was buried as an unidentified person, being unable to locate his relatives.

Arrived in Bileća to repatriate the body of his brother, the eldest of the family, Mustapha Addou, finally got in touch with the Union of Muslims thanks to the intervention of a Border Police agent.

In a statement to the site, he said that "his brother had made the trip to Europe in the hope of a better life. He had crossed Turkey, Greece, Albania before settling in Bosnia-Herzegovina".

For its President, the Union of Muslims had long tried to find the victim’s family and relatives, before deciding on his burial during a ceremony that took place in the presence of the inhabitants of the city.