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Toddler disappeared in Serbia: child was run over
The Austrian police were also looking for Danka. photo
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Little Danka was last seen in front of her family’s house on Tuesday last week. There was an international search for her – now there is the sad certainty.
The two municipal workers are said to have run over the little girl with their company car on March 26 – just a few minutes after she disappeared near the eastern Serbian mining town of Bor. They then allegedly packed the lifeless body in the trunk and threw it at an illegal landfill.
The two suspected perpetrators have confessed, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The ministry stated their birth year as 1974. The child’s body is still being searched for. The case caused a stir in Serbia.
Child was supposed to be in Vienna
At times the suspicion arose that little Danka had been kidnapped to Vienna. A Serb living in the Austrian capital claimed to have seen her there in the company of two women. Based on his video recordings, the Austrian police initiated an investigation.
Danka’s parents also wanted to have recognized their child on the video. However, after the recordings were published, the women reported to the authorities and the identities of the three people filmed were clarified, as the Vienna police announced on Thursday. She “clearly and without any doubt” ruled out any connection with the missing Danka.
Little Danka was last seen on Tuesday last week in front of her family’s house in the village of Banjsko Polje near Bor. She had played there with other children. The mother briefly went into the house to get drinking water for the children.