15 May 2024, 10:35 | Updated: 15 May 2024, 10:38
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A group of British tourists have triggered a health alert at a holiday resort after wading into the sea to scatter a dead relative’s ashes.
An investigation has been launched after the tourists visited Uzunyalı beach in Marmaris with the hope of sprinkling their late family member’s ashes into the waters there.
The deceased had lost their life at sea – and the beach in question is understood to have been one of their favourite places. Turkish health officials took water samples after the ceremony on Monday, the MailOnline reports.
Cremation is not legal in Turkey and the country has restrictions on bringing ashes into the country. If a British person dies in…
