Child’s skeletal remains uncovered on Durban’s Bluff

A similar discovery in the Bluff, Durban area was made in December last year.

Local search and rescue teams at the excavation site.

Emergency services were called out to the site of a water treatment plant in Bluff on Monday afternoon, where excavations uncovered skeletal remains which are believed to be that of a child, reports Southlands Sun.

The water treatment plant is currently under construction.

An inquest has been opened at Brighton Beach SAPS for investigation.

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In December last year, a similar discovery was made on a Bluff property, where skeletal remains found were estimated to be between 90 and 100 years old.

Workers made the shocking discovery of a human skeleton at a depth of about one and a half metres while they were digging a trench.

#sapsKZN Early this am DBN #SAR & Metro Police SAR together with Life Response EMS were called out to Water Treatment plant in the Bluff area. Construction workers discovered skeletal remains of a child during excavation. Brighton Beach #SAPS investigating inquest ME pic.twitter.com/PnQdlfgpb4

— SA Police Service 🇿🇦 (@SAPoliceService) February 18, 2019