Police morgue still a mess

The overpowering smell of death continues to hang over the Windhoek police mortuary, while paperwork holds up the cremation of 76 of the 179 unclaimed bodies in the cold room.
A NamPol mortuary technician, who spoke on condition of anonymity, yesterday said: “If there is no change, the smell will just continue. The change can only come after the bodies are cleared and cremated.”
Last month, the head of the police pathology division, Deputy Commissioner Jooste Mbandeka, explained that the smell at the mortuary clearly shows that “something is not right”.
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