Dhaka, Jan. 5 -- The bodies of eight people killed during the July Uprising have been identified at Dhaka's Rayerbazar graveyard.

The eight were among more than a hundred people who were buried as unclaimed bodies at the graveyard during the unrest.

The government announced their names on Monday at Rayerbazar, where Housing Advisor Adilur Rahman Khan outlined the identification process and its results.

Adilur said forensic teams had exhumed and examined the remains of 114 people in line with the internationally recognised Minnesota Protocol. Eight of those bodies have now been identified as victims of the July Uprising, he said, adding that efforts to confirm the identity of one more person were continuing.

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