Baby found buried at Sydney beach

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Baby's body found buried at Maroubra beach in Sydney

SYDNEY: -- Australian police are investigating the death of a baby, whose body was found buried under the sand at Sydney's Maroubra beach.

The body, which was discovered by two young boys, was buried under 30cm (12in) of sand, police said.

Police said they could not immediately tell the age or gender of the baby, as the body was badly decomposed. A post-mortem examination will be conducted.

It comes a week after a newborn was found alive in a drain in Sydney.

Police said that the two boys, aged six and seven, discovered the body on Sunday morning while digging in the sand at Maroubra beach.

The baby was a "very small infant child" and had been buried naked, police said.

"The sex and age of the child is unable to be determined at this point due to the decomposition of the body," Police Inspector Andrew Holland told reporters.

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-30271698

-- BBC 2014-12-01

[chooka]

Second such story coming out of Sydney in a week. New born boy dumped in drain last week.

[LawrenceChee]

Such a tragedy

[loongdavid]

The sub-caption reads: Just IN ? Please, this is last weeks news.

[Mosha]

A similar tale from North Yorkshire. A dead new born found in a rubbish bin.