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Shock in Australia as body found in search for missing five-year-old Indigenous girl

The Independent·Christine Chen·about 1 month ago
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Australian police have confirmed the discovery of a body believed to be that of a missing five-year-old Indigenous girl, sparking a manhunt for her alleged murderer. The young girl, referred to by her family as Kumanjayi Little Baby in line with Indigenous customs, was reported missing from her remote central Australian home late on Saturday. Authorities located the body, believed to be hers, shortly before midday on Thursday, approximately 5 kilometres (3 miles) south of the original crime scene. Her disappearance had made national headlines, with hundreds involved in extensive land and air searches across the harsh desert terrain of the Alice Springs region. "Our hearts are broken that the case ​of the ⁠little girl missing in Alice Springs ‌has had such a tragic ending," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a statement on X. "No words can measure up to the immensity of the grief ‌her family is going through.…

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