Police are investigating the discovery of a ‘headless’ child’s body on a Spanish beach that was found early this morning.
The remains of the child, thought to be aged between two and three, were sadly found on a beach in the Costa Dorada resort of Roda de Bera in the east coast province of Tarragona.
A council cleaner made the shocking discovery while working this morning and alerted his bosses who called the police.
The body of the child is said to be missing other body parts as well as its head and washed onto the beach from the water, with the possibility the child drowned on the beach having been ruled out by authorities.
Civil Guard officers have cordoned off the area and are moving locals and holidaymakers onto other areas before an investigating judge authorises the removal of the body.
Roda de Bera mayor Pere Virgili has been quoted in local press as saying the child could have been on a refugee boat which capsized in the Mediterranean.
The town hall said in a tweet: ‘We inform you that this morning the body of a two to three-year-old child was found on the shoreline on the Costa Dorada beach.
‘The area is cordoned off and officials are waiting for the judge to authorise the removal of the body. We ask the public to avoid the area.’
Roda de Bera is a 25-minute drive south of Tarragona. Barcelona is just over an hour’s drive north.
The Civil Guard, which is investigating, has yet to make any official comment.
