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Amber Hicks

Crying baby girl found crawling next to five dead relatives on top of cliff

A baby girl has been found crying and hungry, crawling near the bodies of five members of her family on a cliff.

The one-year-old girl was cold and wearing just a nappy when she was discovered by a young mum at the roadside.

The woman alerted cops and the bodies of two adults and two children were recovered.

The body of a third adult was found just metres away, reports Mirror Online .

Little Samaira Kumar with one of the women who helped look after her in the Nausori Highlands (Fiji Sun)

The horrific discovery was made on Monday at the Nausori Highlands in Fiji. Police say they are questioning a man from New Zealand, who is known to the family.

A woman - believed to be his wife - was also being interviewed. It has been claimed the man is a witch doctor, but this has not been confirmed.

Kelera Toloi, the 25-year-old who found the baby, told the Fiji Sun she changed the girl's soggy nappy and fed her two bottles.

The baby was wearing just a nappy when a mother spotted her at the roadside (Fiji Police Media/Twitter)

"Fortunately she couldn't walk yet or she would've fallen off the cliff," she told the publication.

"As a mother, it's a really sad scenario."

The baby girl was taken to hospital as crime scene investigators descended on the area looking for clues behind the shocking deaths.

The bodies of Sana, 11, and eight-year-old Samara were found alongside their mother, Nileshni Kajal, 34 (Facebook)

All of the family members' phones were left at home. While one of their cars was found parked in a supermarket car park.

The deaths are thought to be as a result of ingesting toxic substance, post-mortem examination results showed, but police have yet to reveal what the substance is.

One of the victims, Nileshni Kajal (Facebook)

None of the family members, who lived in nearbyLegalega, in the city of Nadi, had visible injuries, reports Stuff.co.nz.

The victims have been named as 63-year-old carpenter Nirmal Kumar, his wife Usha Devi, 54, their 34-year-old daughter Nileshni Kajal and her two daughters aged 11 and eight.

The baby girl - Samaira Kumar - is believed to be Nileshni Kajal's niece.

Grandparents, 63-year-old carpenter Nirmal Kumar and Usha Devi, 54 (Facebook)

Fiji Police tweeted: "More tests will be conducted by the Fiji Police Chemistry Lab in Nasova following the post mortem examination conducted on the five victims of the Nausori Highlands tragedy as it showed all victims had ingested an alleged harmful substance which resulted in their deaths.

"Investigators are interviewing a person of interest in relation to the Nausori Highlands case. The man is known to the family. Investigations continue."

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