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Updated at 8.41pm
SCOTTISH POLICE SAID today they had found the body of a three-year-old boy who went missing from his bed in Edinburgh, calling off a search involving hundreds of volunteers. His mother is being questioned by police.
Mikaeel Kular, who is of South Asian origin, had last been seen on Wednesday evening at his family’s home to the north of the Scottish capital.
Police launched a major ground, air and sea search while more than 200 volunteers helped comb through woodland and the nearby coastline in a desperate bid to find the little boy.
Early this morning, however, Assistant Chief Constable Malcolm Graham of Police Scotland announced that Mikaeel’s body had been found shortly before midnight on Friday in Fife, to the north of Edinburgh.
The BBC reports that Mikaeel’s mother, 33-year-old Rosdeep Kular has been detained for questioning.
“As a result of enquiries the body of a young child was recovered in Fife just before midnight. We strongly believe this to be the body of Mikaeel,” Graham said.
“A person has been detained in connection with the recovery of the body and members of Mikaeel’s family have been informed of the recovery. Our thoughts and sympathies are with them at this time.
“I would like to thank everyone who has responded to these highly unusual events by assisting with searches and other activities in support of this investigation.”
First posted at 7.50am.
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Of that 63% how many are Irish citizens?
@Ciarán Ó Dubhda: if we could deport you ,that would be one less ?
@Ciarán Ó Dubhda: if it suits your agenda none but in reality probably the bulk of the 63%
@Ciarán Ó Dubhda: most of it!
@Ciarán Ó Dubhda: I agree
@Bala mc blaha: he’s entitled to free speech with no interruption from do gooders
@Ciarán Ó Dubhda: Most. Dont ask me how I know but I know.
Books could be written
@Bala mc blaha: never on the dole in my life, oh wait sorry, I was out sick for a few months, got my illness benefit, do I deserve to be deported for that?
@Larry Roe: I’ve no agenda. I’m just asking a question. They shout out the headline, but Where’s the breakdown? Are these benefits for new people entering the country or are they for Irish people.
@Ciarán Ó Dubhda: Out of that 63% how many are ginger? Or tall? Or middle aged? Or racist? Or downright ignorant? I don’t know but it’s hardly relevant, just as their country of origin is irrelevant. What’s important is many people are struggling and we must endeavour to help as best we can despite our petty prejudices.
@Benny McHale: of course their country of origin is important. Its one thing for our tax money to be spent on people fleeing an invasion, diffrent matter altogether on it being spent on people who arrive in this country just for the hand outs.
@Ciarán Ó Dubhda: How any foreign nationals do you know personally? Because all of them that I know personally, work for hard everything they get.
They work in jobs that many Irish people refuse to do, getting up at 4am to work in a factory, on a site or elsewhere, both the men and women, also many foreign women with school going children are working part-time while their children are in school, rather than watching the telly in their pajamas.
@David Van-Standen: 98% of the company I work for are made up of foreign nationals. A lot of my neighbours are also not Irish. So what? Nothing to do with my original question. I asked for a breakdown of the extra people that have to go on emergency payment. Are we looking after our own?
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