Four year-old girl found dead at an east London housing estate

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UK Today News: The body of a 4 year-old girl was been found in an east London housing estate on Thursday, at a property on Elderfield Road, Clapton. The British police said that the child was dead when she was found.

Reports state that the 36 year-old mother of the child, is under suspicion and has been arrested by the police. The mother has also been booked under the Mental Health Act after her arrest.

The postmortem of the child’s body is still due and will be held in Poplar, East London. The police have informed the other family members of the child, however a formal identification of the body is yet to take place. A Scotland Yard unit, which is responsible for the child abuse matters, is looking into the murder.