Yahoo News Horror find by Russian police who discover bag containing 54 chopped off hands
Russian police have made a gruesome discovery – a bag containing 27 pairs of severed human hands.
The macabre finding happened close to the far eastern city of Khabarovsk, some 30 miles from the Chinese border.
Police have no idea as yet who the 54 hands belonged to, it was reported, or why and when they were chopped off.
They did say though that fingerprints have been found on one hand.
They were found on an island next to the Amur River.
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The hands were found at a site which is popular for fishing among locals.
A person first found one pair of hands lying on the shore of a river, which ultimately led to the discovery of the bag with the rest of the grim find.
The Siberian Times reported that one theory is that one gruesome theory is that the hands were axed off as a punishment for theft.
However, it has been reported that next to the remains were found medical bandages and hospital-style plastic shoe covers, raising suspicions the hands were possibly cut from dead bodies at a medical institution.
Others have even speculated that the hands belonged to Chinese prisoners. Others that it may have been to do with the illegal trade of body parts.
Investigators are so far refusing to give many details about the find.
It is the latest strange event to happen in Khabarovsk.
Three years ago, the city hit the headlines around the world after a bear was caught on security cameras prowling the local shopping mall.
