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Muslim woman’s body found in hospital morgue covered with bacon
by Lyndsay Moss, The Indepdent

A £5,000 reward is being offered by police after the body of a Muslim woman was found in a hospital mortuary, covered with rashers of bacon.

The desecration was discovered when the family of the grandmother, aged 65, was waiting to see her body after she lost her fight with cancer.

The Metropolitan Police’s racial crime task force was called in to investigate the incident, at Hillingdon Hospital in west London, and an extensive inquiry was launched.

It is strictly against the Muslim religion to touch or eat pork and the woman’s family, who do not want to be identified, have been left deeply traumatised.

Detective Chief Inspector Tony Hester, of Hillingdon police, said:

This is a particularly grotesque act which has outraged the family as well as the whole community.
Because of the nature of the incident a criminal investigation was immediately initiated and is still ongoing. DCC4 – Racial and Violent Crime Task Force – was involved in the initial investigation and officers from the Community Safety Unit are in constant liaison with them.
We are also, of course, keeping the family and local community informed of developments.

The crime was discovered as staff arranged for the body to be viewed by family members.
Police have viewed CCTV footage and speaking to staff and others captured on video outside the mortuary.
Forensic experts have also examined the bacon and the gown the woman was wearing.

A member of the woman’s family told BBC London News the incident made them feel “physically sick. It was like a horrible nightmare. I get flashbacks, my brain goes numb.
“I witnessed her passing away and then for me to witness that again, it’s traumatic. I feel emotionally raped.”

The woman’s daughter said it was like a nightmare that was still deeply affecting the family.
“I thought someone who did this hated Muslims especially. I don’t know why they chose my mum.
“In life you expect a lot of things, but something so shocking, you couldn’t even think it up in the worst horror movie. Evil, evil, people.”

David McVittie, chief executive of Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust, expressed sympathy for the family and said everything would be done to find out who was responsible.

“I am extremely sorry for the distress that the family of the lady concerned suffered as a result of this despicable incident and for any distress it has caused to the Muslim community.

“I am shocked and outraged that such a thing has happened and will not rest until we have found the perpetrators of this crime.”

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But Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "After a thorough and protracted investigation, it has not been possible to identify the person responsible.

A third man, unconnected with the desecration, has been questioned over the allegedly theft of items from bodies at the same mortuary. When detectives raided his home in Uxbridge, west London, they found 2,000 photographs and slides of corpses

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Juma Nuradin Kamil was forced into a car by three suspected Islamic extremists from the al Shabaab terrorist group on Aug. 21, area sources said. After members of his community thoroughly combed the area looking for him, at 2 p.m. on Sept. 2 one of them found Kamil's body dumped on a street.

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