Police say the boy was killed in his own home (Picture: PA)

A five-year-old boy has been found by police brutally murdered in his home.

Police arrived at the home of the boy in Clackmannanshire yesterday morning to find him dead.

They were responding to a call from someone concerned for the child’s safety.

One of the attending paramedics told the Mirror the boy endured a ‘sickening and violent death’.


Police say the boy’s mother, believed to be from Botswana, has been arrested.

The road was cordoned off while forensics teams worked in the house (Picture: PA)

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Another child found in the house, who police think is the boy’s sister, is reportedly safe and unharmed.



Chief Inspector Stephen Sneddon said: ‘Enquiries into the full circumstances surrounding this incident are ongoing and a woman is currently detained in connection with the investigation.

‘We are not currently looking for anyone else and I want to reassure the local community that there is no risk to them.’

Neighbours described the unnamed mother a ‘quiet’, and mentioned that she ‘always had her curtains shut’.

Police could be seen cordoning off the road while forensic teams entered the house.

The horrific killing happened in the small town of Alva, Clarkmannanshire (Picture: Google)