Dead Troops Body Parts Restored For Research

	Dead Troops Body Parts Restored For Research Body parts of 30 soldiers killed in Afghanistan have been kept by the Ministry of Defence without the permission of their families, officials have said. About six body parts and more than 50 tissue samples were retained by the Royal Military Police (RMP) without relatives of the servicemen being notified. The remains were discovered last month when a new manager was appointed at the Military Police's Special Investigations Branch (SIB). The MoD said it would confirm the identities of those involved on Thursday and write to families offering a formal apology and details of the material held. An urgent investigation has been launched and a helpline for concerned relatives has been posted on the MoD website. The body parts were reportedly found at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, while the tissue samples - which make up 90% of the material and were kept on laboratory slides for matching or identifying the dead soldiers - were discovered at the SIB's headquarters at Bulford Garrison in Wiltshire. Major General James Everard, Assistant Chief of the General Staff, told Sky News the samples relate to 30 service personnel dating back to 2002 and confirmed that two families have so far been informed. He said: "We owe a huge apology to the families involved and those who will now be feeling stressful even if it doesn't affect them." Maj Gen Everard blamed a "failure of process" for the tissue samples being kept. He said: "There was some suggestion that the tissue samples were <b>...</b>	From: DynamoMor Views: 0 0 ratings
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