Turkish authorities have found in the Bosphorus Strait off Istanbul the body of a four-year-old Syrian child who went missing two weeks ago, media reports said Wednesday, according to AFP.
Turkish rescue workers on Tuesday recovered the lifeless body of the small boy washed up on the shore in the Ortakoy district of Istanbul on the European side of the city.
Police investigations identified him as four-year-old Metin Faysal, who fled to Turkey with his family two years ago to escape the war in Syria, the Dogan news agency said.
His mother, Shirin, identified the boy by his clothes, Dogan added. An investigation was under way to determine the cause of his death which was not immediately clear.