NSW:Bodies of victims from boat crash released

AAP General News (Australia)
02-13-2011
NSW:Bodies of victims from boat crash released

The bodies of some of the victims of December's Christmas Island boat crash have arrived
in Sydney for burial.

The Western Australia Coroner has authorised the release of 17 bodies to the Australian
Federal Police but another 13 have yet to be identified.

Social Justice Network spokesman JAMAL DAOUD says he believes two of the bodies will
be being repatriated to Iraq, while seven funerals are being planned for Tuesday morning
in Sydney.

The Australian Federal Police are trying to identify 30 people who were killed when
their wooden boat hit rocks and shattered in heavy seas off Christmas Island on December
15 2010.

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