Stolen corpse of ex-Cypriot president recovered

THE corpse of former Cypriot president Tassos Papadopoulos was found reburied in another grave three months after it was dug up and stolen.

The country’s justice minister said it had been held for ransom, but Papadopoulos’s family said that they had never received a demand for money.

The right-wing Greek Cypriot hardliner’s body was stolen in December during slow-moving reunification talks with Turkish Cypriot leaders. A lack of clear motive and few clues led to speculation that it could have been politically motivated, but authorities suggested early on that ransom was a more likely scenario.