Human Leg Found During Recycling Sorting: Police Tracking Vehicles from That Day

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Police are working to identify a human leg discovered at a recycling center in Incheon. As there is a possibility that the victim may be a young student, schools in the Incheon area are currently verifying the whereabouts of students with long-term absences.

Reporter Kim Gyu-ri has the story.

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A report was made to 112 on the afternoon of the 10th, stating that an object suspected to be a human leg had been found at the Incheon Yeonsu-gu Resource Recovery Center.

The leg, wrapped in bandages, was discovered while workers were placing collected recyclables onto a conveyor belt for sorting.

Police stated that the foot size was approximately 210mm with traces of blood, and the length from just below the knee to the heel was about 41cm.

[Official at the Resource Recovery Center: About 40cm. We didn't measure it at the time, but it didn't look very large to the naked eye.]

The National Forensic Service confirmed it was a part of a human body, but provided a verbal opinion that the identity could not be determined. Police immediately formed an investigation headquarters consisting of about 60 officers and launched an inquiry.

The facility processes recyclables collected from residential and commercial areas in Incheon's Yeonsu-gu and Jung-gu districts.

[Official at the Incheon Environment Corporation: It is not confirmed, but it appears to have come out during the process of handling the items from that day.]

Police have identified approximately 30 recycling collection vehicles that were in operation on the day of the incident and are investigating their routes.

Additionally, yesterday, they sent official letters to all elementary, middle, and high schools in Incheon, requesting a list of students who have not been attending school recently, including those with long-term absences.

This is based on the assessment that the size of the leg suggests it likely belongs to a child or a woman.

The Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education stated, "While there are students with long-term absences, their whereabouts are currently being tracked," adding that no unusual findings have been confirmed yet.

(Video reporting: Kang Si-woo, Video editing: Kim Yoon-sung, Design: Kang Yoon-jung)
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