Missing Child Found Dead on Seashore in North Lebanon

A Syrian child who went missing on Tuesday in the outskirts of the northern town of al-Mhammara was found dead on the seashore in Abdeh port north Lebanon, the State-run National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

Lebanese Army troops found the dead body of Rasoul Mamdouh Shehadeh lying on the seashore near the fishermen port in said area, reported NNA.

The Lebanese Red Cross transported the child's body to Abdullah al-Rasi State Hospital in Halba.

NNA added that the father of the child had filed a missing complaint at the police station in the area.

He said his son went missing at 14:30 on Tuesday. The child was lastly seen near his tent in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared area in the outskirts of al-Mhammara.