Greeks find human skulls in luggage of US tourists

Greek police on Thursday charged two American tourists with desecrating the dead after they found six human skulls in their hand luggage at Athens international airport, a police officer said.

"The skulls were found in a scanner check during a stopover in Athens on their way back to the United States," said a police officer who requested anonymity.

"The coroner confirmed that they were human skulls."

The two young tourists said they had bought the skulls in a souvenir shop on the island of Mykonos and believed they were fake, the officer said, adding that they were released pending trial.