- Do you know the family? Contact [email protected]
This is the moment British tourists waded into the sea to scatter the ashes of a loved-one, triggering a health scare among ‘panicked’ locals at a popular Turkish swimming spot.
Video shared by the Ibrox Bar Marmaris, a Rangers FC sports bar at the Uzunyalı beach, showed a large group of people embracing and sprinkling ashes just off the coast on Monday morning.
The family had reportedly travelled with the intent of spreading the ashes at the beach, the late relative’s favourite holiday spot, in a touching ceremonial tribute.
Health authorities in Marmaris, on the southern Aegean Coast, were reportedly prompted to pick up a hasty investigation following backlash from concerned locals about potential water contamination.
Swimmers warned that the spreading of ashes in popular waters…
