According to reports emerging from China, a newborn baby, who was abandoned by his parents and buried in a cardboard box for eight days, has survived the horrifying ordeal.

The infant, who was born with a cleft lip, was deposited in a rural area of the southern province of Guangxi before being discovered by a woman who was picking herbs in the vicinity and became frightened of sounds emerging from the area.

According to reports, relatives, who were apparently under the impression the infant had died, used a container the size of a shoe box to hold him before burying him in a dry, dusty area area surrounded by long grass.
 


Following a medical examination, it was established that the infant managed to survive because rainwater and air circulated the area in which he had been buried.

Commenting on the horrifying case, China Central Television asserted: "Five people including three relatives have been detained on suspicion of intentional murder."

Unfortunately, this is not the only story of its nature this week and our thoughts are with the incredibly brave little boy today,


 

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