A police operation has been launched in Cyprus in pursuit of a wooden box containing the ashes of a teenager that was snatched by thieves as his parents prepared to scatter their son’s remains. The hunt for the missing vessel intensified on Saturday following a plea by the teenager’s distraught family. Kinga and Bartek Bebnarz had stopped at a restaurant near the beach where they had planned to spread the ashes when the incident occurred. Photograph: Handout“This box symbolises our son and it means the world to us,” his mother, Kinga, said. We hope the thieves learn what has happened and do the right thing.”

Source: The Guardian December 28, 2019 11:50 UTC