Crete: Human head discovered in waste sorting facility
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Police in Crete are investigating the discovery of a human head, likely to be that of a male aged in his 30s, at a waste sorting facility in Hania.
Upon discovery of the gruesome find, the unit, based in Akrotiri, shut down operations and called police.
A search then began in other waste containers in an effort to locate other body parts.
Authorities are looking into recent reports of missing persons in relation to the find.
A forensic examiner, Giorgos Mylonakis, said his first impressions are that the head belongs to a man and that his death occurred within the last 10 days. [AMNA]
