Infant found buried at Takhiantia shrine

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Police are searching for the parents of an infant found buried at a Takhiantia shrine.

Police were called to the Poh Kaer Shrine in Tung­takrai village Sept. 16 after a groundskeeper discovered the miscarried baby boy, approximately six months into the pregnancy, buried in a shallow grave. The infant was covered in blood and on top of the grave were three scented candles.

Caretaker Buapan Kham­pawa, 65, told police a group of five young men and women came to the shrine a day prior. She asked what they were doing and was told they were there to bury one of the women’s unborn child after she had a miscarriage.

Buapan became suspicious and investigated the area after the group left.

Police are now trying to identify the parents.