CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) - Two women have been arrested in impoverished
Moldova for selling meat, which tests revealed to be human remains, police
and Interior Ministry officials reported Saturday.
A customer reported the women to police Friday after buying the meat, which
they were selling in plastic bags outside a butcher's shop in downtown
Chisinau, said the officials, who refused to be identified.
The women, whose names were not released, told police that they acquired the
meat from a state cancer clinic in Chisinau.
Police said they did not want to immediately make an official statement
because they did not want to create public panic.

Moldova, a former Soviet Republic, is among the poorest countries in Europe,
with an average monthly salary of just $30. Many of the 4.5 million
inhabitants, especially in rural areas, are paid in crops and other objects.