QR-code stickers mysteriously appear on 1,000 Munich graves. Police are now investigating


A file photo of man standing in front of gravestones at the Waldfriedhof cemetery in Munich, Germany. The 5x3.5cm stickers are printed with a QR code, that, when scanned, shows the name of the person buried in the grave and its location in the cemetery – but nothing else. — AP

BERLIN: Police in Munich are investigating a mystery: More than 1,000 stickers were put on gravestones and wooden crosses at three cemeteries in the German city, without any indication of where they came from or why.

The 5x3.5cm (1.95x1.2in) stickers are printed with a QR code, that, when scanned, shows the name of the person buried in the grave and its location in the cemetery – but nothing else.

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