Officials in Romania have exhumed what are believed to be the remains of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena in order to verify their identities.
The procedure comes after family members doubted that the Ceausescus were really buried in Bucharest's Ghencea cemetery.
Cemetery workers hoisted the casket of Ceausescu and his wife Elena out of their graves.
Pathologists then took DNA samples from the corpses.
Ceausescu ruled Romania from 1965 until December 1989, when he was ousted in an anticommunist revolt and summarily executed alongside his wife.
compiled from agency reports
The procedure comes after family members doubted that the Ceausescus were really buried in Bucharest's Ghencea cemetery.
Cemetery workers hoisted the casket of Ceausescu and his wife Elena out of their graves.
Pathologists then took DNA samples from the corpses.
Ceausescu ruled Romania from 1965 until December 1989, when he was ousted in an anticommunist revolt and summarily executed alongside his wife.
compiled from agency reports