Body of lost old man found in cave

A Saudi shepherd stumbled across a dead body inside a cave and investigation showed it was of an 80-year-old man who went missing nearly five months ago, a newspaper in the Gulf Kingdom reported on Friday.

The shepherd was resting near the cave in the central province of Hail when he smelt a dead body inside, the paper said.

“He phoned the police, who took the body for examination…results showed it was for the old man who went missing nearly five months ago.”

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