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Body of toddler who fell into Victorian creek has been found, police say | Body of toddler who fell into Victorian creek has been found, police say |
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The body of a toddler who fell into a fast-flowing Victorian creek has been found. | The body of a toddler who fell into a fast-flowing Victorian creek has been found. |
Three-year-old Ishnael Baqaie, whose family arrived from Afghanistan only in the past few weeks, was playing with his parents in a park when he fell into the Dandenong Creek on Wednesday afternoon, a day after heavy rain lashed the state. | |
The body was found just after 4pm on Thursday, police said. | The body was found just after 4pm on Thursday, police said. |
His parents did not see Ishnael fall into the water, but a witness saw him go under a bridge, Inspector Bruce Kitchen earlier told reporters. | His parents did not see Ishnael fall into the water, but a witness saw him go under a bridge, Inspector Bruce Kitchen earlier told reporters. |
“The boy was just playing. Parents took their eye off him for a second and he was gone,” he said. “The parents didn’t see him go into the water at all. | |
“He was playing on a little concrete ledge, not far from the creek.” | |
Kitchen said Ishnael’s parents were extremely distraught, and had asked for privacy. | |
“They are grieving,” he said. “Greater Dandenong is a multi-cultural community and it affects everybody deeply. | |
Kitchen said a report, which would also consider the area’s safety for children, would be prepared for the coroner. |
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