SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- A group of children playing in an Australian park Wednesday opened a suitcase they found floating in a pond and discovered the body of a youngster inside, police said.
Police divers searched the pond in the Sydney suburb of Rosemeadow and sought potential witnesses in a hunt for clues to who the boy was and how he died.
Detective Chief Inspector Gary Clark said identifying the body was difficult because it had been in the water for some time, but officials believed it was a boy between 5 and 10 years old. A forensic examination of the body would start on Thursday.
The Australian Associated Press news agency reported that one boy said he and his friends were riding scooters when they heard about something in the water.
Police said about 10 children between 10 and 12 years old spotted the black suitcase floating in the pond, Clark said. They fished it out, opened it and police were called.
The park is surrounded by houses and is a spot for picnics, walking and cycling.
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