KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — The body of a girl believed to be about two-years-old was found with her head severed beside the Klang river along Jalan Hishammuddin last night.

According to The Star Online, the toddler’s beheaded body was found by a passer-by near the KTM station at about 9pm.

The girl’s head was found near the body, the news portal reported.

Police said a witness saw a man, believed to be a dark-skinned foreigner, leading the child away from a shopping center near Pudu Sentral.

“The suspect was described as a dark-skin foreign man of above age 30.

“Police have disseminated the description of the suspect to all stations and officers, and a massive manhunt has been launched to track his whereabouts,” Dang Wangi police chief Assistant Commissioner Zainuddin Ahmad was quoted saying in an online report by the New Straits Times.

The Star Online reported that it is believed the child had gone to the mall with her mother.