Police confirm human leg found in Incheon was mistakenly discarded by hospital

Incheon police officials said Friday that a leg found last week at a recycling center had been mistakenly disposed of as recyclable waste by a local hospital, confirming a report submitted by hospital staff two days earlier.

Officials at the Incheon Yeonsu Police Station told reporters that the leg had been amputated from a female patient in her 80s at a nursing hospital in Jung-gu, Incheon.

The leg was initially categorized as medical waste, but a member of the cleaning staff in their 60s disca ...