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Missing flood victims’ families called for DNA testing

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September 3, Kathmandu Nepal Police has begun a DNA testing process to search for citizens who went missing in the Bhotekoshi River flood in Rasuwa, and to identify unclaimed bodies and human remains that have been recovered.

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