Body of baby girl found stuffed in backpack

KUALA LUMPUR: An Indonesian angler found the body of a baby girl stuffed in a backpack with flies swarming around by the lakeside in Section 6, Kota Damansara, near here yesterday.

The body was wrapped in a plastic bag in the black backpack that was left on the grass by the lake, said Petaling Jaya District Police chief ACP Mohd Zani Che Din.

The angler found the backpack at about 5 pm, opened it and found the body, and contacted a friend who rushed there and then informed the police, he said in a statement.

He said the cause of death would be determined by the post-mortem. — Bernama