Germany Child's body found in Lower Saxony - missing Arian?
More than two months after the disappearance of six-year-old Arian in Germany, a farmer in northern Lower Saxony has found the body of a child.
25.06.2024, 08:42
SDA
The police announced on Tuesday that it was currently impossible to say for certain who the child found was. However, the "Arian Investigation Group" considers a connection with the missing six-year-old to be probable.
According to the police, forensic experts are now to clarify the identity of the dead child. However, a result is not expected until later in the week at the earliest. Specialists have also been meticulously examining the site where the body was found into the night.
Arian has been missing in the region since April 22. The boy, who comes from Elm, a district of Bremervörde between Bremerhaven and Hamburg, was searched for by emergency services and volunteers on land, from the air and in the water for around a week - day and night. At times, up to 1200 people were involved.
Search with drones, Tornado aircraft and equestrian squadron
At the end of April, the police initially suspended the nationwide search, but in May there was another coordinated operation. Search dogs, an equestrian squadron, helicopters, drones, a tornado plane, amphibious vehicles, boats and divers were deployed.
Fireworks were even set off to find the autistic boy - according to earlier reports, the six-year-old does not respond to being spoken to. In a wooded area adjacent to the boy's family home, the fire department hung up balloons and sweets at the parents' request.
A farmer found the child's body on Monday afternoon at around 4.30 p.m. while mowing a meadow in Estorf in the district of Stade - more precisely in the district of Behrste and thus in the area of the search for the missing boy.
