SHARJAH // Reports on social media that a child has been in police care for the past 40 days after being found alone near a shopping mall in the emirate are untrue.
Stories of a lost youngster have been circulating online and on social media for the past few days in a message appealing for help. The message, which includes a photograph of a child, reads: “This child has been at a police station for 40 days and does not know his parents’ mobile number or where he resides.” The message also includes contact numbers in the UAE.
In response, Sharjah police, in posts on its social media platforms, said the appeal was old, originated in India and was not related to the UAE.
The same message was circulating on social media in Saudi Arabia on August 3.
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