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Wed, 06/16/2010 - 14:40
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Bodies of Iranians killed in Philippines bus crash to be brought home
TEHRAN, June 16 (MNA) - Tehran’s embassy officials in Manila said that the bodies of 20 Iranian citizens, who perished in a tourist bus crash last Sunday in Barangay Cansomoroy, Balamban, will be brought home this week.
Hassan Qashqavi, Iran's deputy foreign minister for consular affairs, said a special aircraft will be sent to the Philippines to bring the bodies back to Iran.
The corpses are now at Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes in Nivel Hills, together with the body of the lone Filipino fatality, driver Jaime Batoon, who also owned the bus, according to philstar.com.
No autopsy has been conducted and the bodies have not been embalmed to respect the Muslim tradition about the handling of the dead.
Edgar Sanchez, funeral director of Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes, explained that they only injected formaldehyde to preserve the bodies and have put them in the freezer.
Iranian Embassy officials arrived in Cebu several hours after the accident on Sunday.
Consul Mohammad Tavana first proceeded to the Cebu Doctors’ Hospital to look after the needs of the injured.
Dr. Potenciano Larrazabal Jr., president of Cebu Doctors Hospital, said the Iranian Embassy officials assured him that they will be the ones to shoulder the expenses of the victims.
Hassan Qashqavi, Iran's deputy foreign minister for consular affairs, said a special aircraft will be sent to the Philippines to bring the bodies back to Iran.
The corpses are now at Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes in Nivel Hills, together with the body of the lone Filipino fatality, driver Jaime Batoon, who also owned the bus, according to philstar.com.
No autopsy has been conducted and the bodies have not been embalmed to respect the Muslim tradition about the handling of the dead.
Edgar Sanchez, funeral director of Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes, explained that they only injected formaldehyde to preserve the bodies and have put them in the freezer.
Iranian Embassy officials arrived in Cebu several hours after the accident on Sunday.
Consul Mohammad Tavana first proceeded to the Cebu Doctors’ Hospital to look after the needs of the injured.
Dr. Potenciano Larrazabal Jr., president of Cebu Doctors Hospital, said the Iranian Embassy officials assured him that they will be the ones to shoulder the expenses of the victims.
