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A French Jewish family attending a loved one’s funeral found that the body had been switched. Adrien Kaziz was supposed to receive a Jewish burial on Thursday near Nice, in southern France, but a local hospital morgue switched his name tag with that of a deceased local Muslim, Mohamed Derouich.

September 23, 2003
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A French Jewish family attending a loved one’s funeral found that the body had been switched. Adrien Kaziz was supposed to receive a Jewish burial on Thursday near Nice, in southern France, but a local hospital morgue switched his name tag with that of a deceased local Muslim, Mohamed Derouich.

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