Missing Chinese baby boy ‘killed by mother’

A baby boy reported missing in southern China was killed and thrown on to a rubbish dump by his mother, according to a news website report.

The 26-day-old child was killed by his mother in Qionghai in Hainan province at about 3am on Sunday, Hinews.cn reported.

The boy was reported missing later that day by his father and it was originally thought the child had been abducted.

The boy’s body was found on the rubbish tip on Tuesday.

The mother, whose full name was not given, told police she had throttled the child and discarded the body, the report said.

The police investigation is still underway.