Spanish police have launched an investigation today after the headless body of a child was found on the beach in the Costa Dorada resort of Roda de Berà in the east coast province of Tarragona.
An early morning cleaner made the horrific find and alerted police.
“We inform you that this morning the body of a two to three-year-old child was found on the shoreline on the Costa Dorada beach,” the town hall wrote on social media.
The body of the child, said to be missing other body parts as well as its head and thought to have been washed onto the beach from the sea, is understood to be in a state of decomposition.
Civil Guard officers have cordoned off the area and are moving locals and holidaymakers to other areas of the resort before an investigating team allows the corpse to be removed.
