Ceausescu’s Remains Exhumed For DNA Test
July 22nd, 2010 - 7:31 pm ICT by GDBy Gina Gomez
Bucharest, Romania, July 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Exhumation of what is believed to be the remains of former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife were carried out by a group of scientists in Romania in order to test the DNA samples of the Royal family. The scientists have reported that the request for the bodies to be exhumed was made by the descendants of the Ceausescu family as they wanted to determine whether it was really the couple’s bodies which was buried at the Ghencea cemetery in Bucharest.
Nicolae Ceausescu ruled over Romania during the 1960s. When the dictator was toppled from his position during the Romanian Revolution in 1989, he and his wife were killed and buried in an unknown military cemetery. The couple went to their graves untraced, their whereabouts remaining a mystery for many a historian in years following their death.
It is Nicolae Ceausescu’s son and his son in law who have now ordered for a DNA test to be performed in order to ascertain whether the bodies that are believed to be the dictator’s and his wife’s really belongs to them or not. The exhumation which was conducted yesterday,was attended by pathology officials who collected samples to conduct the required test.
Gelu Voican-Voiculesc, a former government official who had come to power after removing Nicolae Ceausescu from power says that he had been present at the time of burial post the 1989 Revolution and that he was sure of the fact that the DNA samples will also prove that he is right. Mircea Oprean also voiced his thoughts saying that he instantly recognized his father in law’s winter coat when the grave was reopened.
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