Body of Missing Sidon Child Found Off Jounieh

The body of a 3-year-old child who went missing Firday on Sidon's public beach was found Tuesday off the coast of the Jounieh region.

State-run National News Agency said an army patrol found Mahdi Salameh's corpse floating on the water's surface around three kilometers off the Jounieh Gulf military complex.

The body was “partially decomposed,” the agency added.

“The army handed over the corpse to the Civil Defense's marine rescue unit, which in turn will hand it over to the parents of the child Salameh,” NNA said.

A major search operation involving Civil Defense teams and army boats and helicopters had been launched after the child was reported missing.

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