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| Father found of child found wandering alone in Birmingham | Father found of child found wandering alone in Birmingham |
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| A three-year-old boy will be reunited with his father after he was 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. |
| The child, believed to be of Somali origin, was spotted by a woman outside her home on Chesterton Road in Sparkbrook just before 22:00 BST. | |
| He was taken to a police station and an appeal was made to find his family through the media. | He was taken to a police station and an appeal was made to find his family through the media. |
| The search was called off after the boy's father reported his son missing. | The search was called off after the boy's father reported his son missing. |
| Kusum Parmar, 62, a retired businesswoman who found the young boy, said he was obviously "distressed" and in "floods of tears". | |
| 'Knocked a few doors' | |
| She said she walked the streets with him trying to find his parents. | |
| "We went to alley by alley. He seemed to understand a bit when I spoke to him in English," she said. | |
| "I knocked quite a few doors but decided if no one knew him I'd have to call the police. | |
| "When they came, I said if they couldn't find anyone, just bring him back to me and I would look after him." | |
| 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. | 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. |
| "We will of course be investigating how the boy got out of the house and we'll be speaking with the family. | "We will of course be investigating how the boy got out of the house and we'll be speaking with the family. |
| "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." | "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." |