BREAKING NEWS: Child’s skeletal remains uncovered on Durban’s Bluff

EMERGENCY services have been called out to the site of a water treatment plant which is under construction at the end of Marine Drive, Bluff, where excavations uncovered skeletal remains which are believed to be that of a child.

READ: Bluff skeletal find could be a century old

An inquest has been opened at Brighton Beach SAPS for investigation

Updates to follow as more information comes to light.

Durban Search and Rescue, Metro Police Search and Rescue and Life Response EMS members were called out to the scene on Monday afternoon, 18 February, after construction workers who were excavating at the site discovered the remains.

Last year on Tuesday, 11 December a similiar discovery was made on a Bluff property where skeletal remains found Serowe Road the remains were estimated to be between 90 and 100-years-old.

READ: Human skeletal remains uncovered at Bluff premises [PHOTOS]

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

READ THE UPDATE HERE:

UPDATE: Speculation abounds after child’s skeletal remains found on Durban’s Bluff

#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