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Infant found wandering alone in Sparkbrook, Birmingham Father found of child found wandering alone in Birmingham
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A boy, thought to be about aged four, has been found wandering the streets of Birmingham alone and barefoot. A three-year-old boy will be reunited with his father after he was found wandering the streets of Birmingham alone and barefoot.
Police were called to Chesterton Road in Sparkbrook just before 22:00 BST after a member of the public spotted the child.Police were called to Chesterton Road in Sparkbrook just before 22:00 BST after a member of the public spotted the child.
He was taken to a police station and is being looked after by social services. He was taken to a police station and an appeal was made to find his family through the media.
A search has been launched to find the boy's family. Officers believe he may be Somalian. The search was called off after the boy's father reported his son missing.
'Well looked after' Ch Insp Ian Green, from Birmingham East Police, said: "We are very relieved to be able to hand the little boy back to his family.
Insp Amer Shams said: "This is obviously very unusual and worrying, we urgently appeal for the parents, or anyone who believes they may know the family of this little boy to contact us. "We will of course be investigating how the boy got out of the house and we'll be speaking with the family.
"Thankfully he did not come to any harm and he is being well looked after." "We would like to thank local people and the media for their help. We really appreciate all the shares and re-tweets on social media which we know has reached hundreds of thousands of people."
Officers have been knocking on doors in the area but have not be able to trace the child's family.
"We need to try and get him back to where he should be," Insp Shams added.
The boy is described as black, with short black Afro style hair and was found wearing a yellow T-shirt and navy tracksuit bottoms.