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Monday, 22 May 2017 - 17:30

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Coffin left to rot on Amsterdam street

Residents of Amsterdam's Deltastraat were shocked to be confronted with a coffin on their street when leaving for work this morning. The coffin was left with the garbage, along with a couch, pieces of wood and some wallpaper, AT5 reports.

The story behind the, luckily empty, coffin is unclear. It was taken away with the garbage truck around 11:15 a.m.

According to AT5, a coffin can cost anything between 300 and 2 thousand euros.

Doodskist op straat gedumpt in Zuid https://t.co/bMOVcARGFx pic.twitter.com/dQtlrZhTfP

— AT5 (@AT5) May 22, 2017

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