Dead baby found half eaten by dogs

A dead newborn boy was found half eaten by wild dogs after his body was dumped inside a cemetery in Saudi Arabia, a newspaper reported on Friday.

A man walking past the cemetery in the southern Jazan province saw the body and phoned the police, Sabq Arabic language daily said.

“The baby was wrapped by a small piece of cloth and dumped near a grave...police are investigating the incident and whether the boy was alive when he was place there.”

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