Toddler whose body washed up on the southwest coast of Norway has been identified as Iran's Artin Irannezhad, who died with his family while trying to cross the English Channel, Norwegian police say
The 18-month old Iranian migrant toddler Artin Irannezhad reacts, in Dunkirk, France, on October 17, 2020, in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on June 7, 2021.
Police said Artin Irannezhad was 18 months old when he drowned along with four family members after their boat sank while trying to cross to Britain from France in October. "The boy who was found is Artin Irannezhad. He is of Iranian origin and disappeared during a shipwreck in the English Channel off the coast of France on October 27," Camilla Tjelle Waage, head of investigations at the sheriff's office in Karmoey, said in a statement on Monday.
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