A child has been rescued from the rubble in Venezuela, six days since the country was hit by devastating twin earthquakes.

The boy, identified by the Reuters news agency as Klieber Moran, was rescued early on Tuesday, the only reported survivor on the sixth day of rescue efforts, according to Venezuelan authorities.

Moran was pulled from the Los Corales Garden ⁠1 building in La Guaira state by rescuers from Jordan, ⁠Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, said in a message via ​Telegram.

Venezuela was hit by ‌two earthquakes of ‌ magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 less than a minute apart last ‌Wednesday, toppling buildings and trapping thousands of people beneath the rubble, according to authorities and rescue teams.

Moran, described as three years old by Rodríguez, but as two years old by National Assembly president Jorge Rodríguez, was taken for medical treatment, ‌the message said.

“We must hold on to the hope of continuing to find people alive beneath the ​rubble,” Jorge said in a televised address. “Early this morning, a two-year-old boy was rescued and is currently receiving care at a health centre in Caracas.”

A shipment from the UN children’s agency, Unicef, carrying 47 ⁠metric tons of humanitarian supplies arrived in Venezuela on ​Tuesday, UN spokesperson ​Stéphane Dujarric said, adding ​the equipment would help support children and families in ​need.

The shipment ‌includes emergency ​health kits ​for urgent medical care, including supplies for safe births, newborn care, disease prevention, and treatment, Dujarric added.

The government puts the death toll at more than 1,900, with more than 10,000 people injured. Experts say that is a significant undercount as more bodies are hauled from the rubble every day and morgues struggle to handle the influx.

Among the living, a humanitarian crisis is unfolding. UN agencies expressed concern about the health effects of thousands of displaced people sleeping for days in the open, or in crowded, unsanitary shelters.

Nasa estimates that nearly 59,000 buildings have been damaged or destroyed by the earthquakes, which would put the number of people affected by the quakes in the hundreds of thousands. Unicef said on Tuesday that 680,000 children are in need of humanitarian assistance nationwide. (The Guardian)

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Police in the UK have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder after a 3-year-old boy was found in a critical condition inside a zoo’s crocodile enclosure.

“Officers were called to the zoo at 1.24pm to reports of an incident involving a three-year-old boy, during which he ended up in the crocodile enclosure,” Cambridgeshire police said.

The child has been taken to the hospital with serious injuries and is in critical but stable condition, police said, adding that specially trained officers are supporting the boy and his family.

A 30-year-old man from Norfolk was arrested and police say they do not believe he and the child are known to each other and an investigation is underway.

“At this stage we are speaking to people who were at the zoo at the time of this distressing incident to understand more about the circumstances,” said Detective Inspector Verity McCann.

The Johnsons of Old Hurst Zoo said in a statement that the Tropical House –where the alligators and crocodiles are kept – will remain closed until further notice, out of respect for the family.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the boy and his family following the incident that occurred today,” the zoo said.

Ben Obese-Jecty, a Member of Parliament for Huntington, where the zoo is located, said senior officers are treating the incident as a “critical” one and that a criminal investigation is taking place.

“My thoughts are with the young victim and his family during a hugely traumatic and difficult time,” he posted to X. (CNN)

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A 33‑year‑old woman and her 2‑year‑old son from Dehiattakandiya died following a head‑on collision between a passenger bus and a three‑wheeler in the Muwagammana area on the Dehiattakandiya–Mahiyanganaya road this afternoon (17 Dec).

The three‑wheeler driver, his wife, and their two children were seriously injured in the accident and admitted to the Dehiattakandiya Hospital. 

The mother and younger child succumbed to their injuries, while the driver and the elder son, aged 11, were later transferred to the Polonnaruwa Hospital for further treatment.

The bodies of the deceased have been placed at the Dehiattakandiya Hospital mortuary. 

Meanwhile, the bus driver has been taken into custody, and Dehiattakandiya Police are conducting further investigations. (Newswire)

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A toddler, aged 01 ½ years old, has died after being run over by a tipper truck operated by her father in the Ambalkulam area in Kilinochchi.

The Police said the child had been run over when the man switched on the tipper truck to be driven out of their front yard last evening.

The Kilinochchi Police is conducting further investigations. (Newswire)

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A woman has been arrested for the alleged murder of her child, aged 1 ½ years old, in the Galaha area in Kandy.

The Galaha Police said the woman had allegedly choked the child by pinching her nose and preventing her from breathing.

The arrested woman is a 21-year-old resident of 18th Milepost in Galaha, Kandy. 

Investigations reveal that the woman along with her child had been residing at a house in the Kasthuriwatte area in Galaha and her husband had been out of the house at the time of the incident. 

It is reported that the woman had blocked the child’s breathing by pinching her nose and closing her mouth due to a sudden burst of anger. (Newswire)

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A one-year-old toddler was reported dead in an accident involving a three-wheeler in the Kalubowila area yesterday (Oct 04).

The Police stated that a car plying from Kohuwala to Dehiwal in Kalubowila had collided head-on with a three-wheeler carrying 3 passengers.

Following the collision, the three-wheeler had been dragged forward and thrown onto the gate of a house in the area.

A mother and her one-year-old toddler who had sustained serious injuries in the accident were admitted to the Kalubowila Hospital after which they were transferred to the Colombo National Hospital for further treatment.

The child succumbed to injuries after being transferred to the Colombo National Hospital, while the mother is receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Another woman who had travelled in the three-wheeler is also receiving treatment for minor injuries at the Kalubowila Hospital. 

The deceased child has been identified as a one-year-old boy and a resident of Nugegoda.

The driver of the car has been arrested in connection to the accident, while the Kohuwala Police is conducting investigations into the incident. (NewsWire)

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A toddler aged 1 year and 3 months has died after falling into a water tank at a house in Selvanagar, Kilinochchi yesterday (Sep 29).

The Police stated that the child had fallen into the water tank near her house while playing with two other children in front of the house. 

The Postmortem examination into the death will be conducted today, while the Kilinochchi Police is conducting further investigations into the incident. (NewsWire)

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