Rabat- The family of a Moroccan man who died in Spain were surprised to receive the wrong body.
The man’s family requested the Spanish authorities repatriate his body to Driouch, the capital of the Driouch province in Morocco’s Oriental region.
To the family’s surprise, the Spanish authorities mistakenly repatriated a different body than that of the Moroccan man.
The Moroccan man had died of natural causes on Thursday, August 30, while onboard a ferry near the Spanish enclave city of Melilla, reported Spanish news outlet El Faro de Melilla. The news outlet said the unknown person died one day after the Moroccan man.
The Moroccan family immediately demanded the Spanish authorities repatriate their deceased relative’s “real” body, according to the outlet.
Morocco recently repatriated the remains of two Moroccans, Abdelghani Belkhou and his wife Sanaa Mohcine, who died in a car crash in Spain.
The two Moroccans died on Thursday, August 30.
