Local residents are in shock after hearing about the grisly murder, which happened at Al-Sharaie’s township 2 in the eastern part of the city.

Police rushed to the scene after receiving a call at their operation room. Criminal investigation teams and other security agencies as well as forensics teams visited the scene to collect evidence. Police have instructed forensic experts to carry out an autopsy of the body.

According to security sources, initial evidence indicated the murder was premeditated. The killer apparently killed the child and threw away his clothes in a nearby place before leaving the headless body near the garbage bin, they said.