Gaza – Ma’an – A nine-year-old boy was found dead in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday evening, a medical official said Monday.

Ahmad Farajallah, 9, from the Nuseirat Refugee Camp near Gaza City, was found gagged and bound by his hands and feet inside a black sack, according to Muawiyah Hassanein, the director of ambulance and emergency services in the Gaza Health Ministry.

The boy was apparently kidnapped on Friday by unidentified people, Hassanein stated.

Hassanein added that the young Palestinian's body was taken for forensic examination to establish the cause of death and any indication that may lead police to his killers.