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Man arrested after breaking into cemetery and being seen dancing with his grandmother's corpse in Manaus.

Family members reported that the man has psychiatric problems and often goes to the cemetery to talk to his grandmother and other relatives buried there.

Taruma Park Cemetery in Manaus, April 28, 2020 (Photo: REUTERS/Bruno Kelly)

247 - A 32-year-old man exhumed the body of his grandmother, a 61-year-old woman, in the early hours of Thursday (2) in Manaus. According to police information, the grandson broke the tomb, removed the body from the grave, placed it on his shoulders and walked down the street. After he was seen dancing with the corpse in the middle of a road, the police reported that the man wanted to take it to the hospital so that he could donate his own organs and bring his grandmother back to life. information is from the G1 portal. 

The elderly woman died in 2018 and was buried in the Morro da Liberdade cemetery, in the southern part of the capital. According to information from the 2nd Community Interactive Company (Cicom), which responded to the incident, family members reported that the man has psychiatric problems and often goes to the cemetery to talk to his grandmother and other relatives buried there.