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| Greek woman feared 'buried alive' by accident after mourners hear cries for help from coffin | |
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| Police in Greece are investigating reports suggesting a woman woke up in a coffin after being buried, only to suffocate to death before rescuers could reach her. | Police in Greece are investigating reports suggesting a woman woke up in a coffin after being buried, only to suffocate to death before rescuers could reach her. |
| People visiting a cemetery in the town of Peraia, near Thessaloniki, on Thursday morning reported hearing banging sounds and muffled shouting from inside the woman’s grave, an hour after she had been buried. | People visiting a cemetery in the town of Peraia, near Thessaloniki, on Thursday morning reported hearing banging sounds and muffled shouting from inside the woman’s grave, an hour after she had been buried. |
| They called the police, who began digging up the grave to try and save her. However, she was found dead when they reached the coffin. | They called the police, who began digging up the grave to try and save her. However, she was found dead when they reached the coffin. |
| The 49-year-old woman had been declared dead by doctors treating her for cancer at a private Thessaloniki clinic early on Thursday morning. | The 49-year-old woman had been declared dead by doctors treating her for cancer at a private Thessaloniki clinic early on Thursday morning. |
| A coroner is now expected to examine the body. | A coroner is now expected to examine the body. |
| A doctor at the scene who examined the mother-of-two's body said she could not believe the woman was not dead when she was buried. | A doctor at the scene who examined the mother-of-two's body said she could not believe the woman was not dead when she was buried. |
| "As soon as the body was exhumed a cardiogram was conducted that confirmed the woman was dead," she was reported by The Guardian as saying. | "As soon as the body was exhumed a cardiogram was conducted that confirmed the woman was dead," she was reported by The Guardian as saying. |
| “Her eyes, it is true, were open but the coroner can give an explanation for that." | “Her eyes, it is true, were open but the coroner can give an explanation for that." |
| The woman's relatives are now considering filing a complaint against the doctors treating her for cancer, Greek media reports. | The woman's relatives are now considering filing a complaint against the doctors treating her for cancer, Greek media reports. |