A snatched picture purporting to be of Madeleine McCann in north Morocco was published last night, Madeleine McCann generating new momentum in the search for her.
Gerry and Kate McCann called last night for the picture, taken on August 31 by a Spanish tourist and handed to the McCanns’ lawyers yesterday morning, to be fully investigated.
The picture shows a light-skinned, blonde-haired girl being carried in a sling on a Moroccan Muslim woman’s back near the town of Zinat. It is the fourth reported sighting of a girl fitting Madeleine’s description in Morocco since she disappeared on May 3 but the first published picture.
Clara Torres, a tourist from Albacete, Spain, who took the picture published last night, said that she had thought immediately of the missing toddler. She told the Spanish radio station COPE last night: “As soon as I took the photo we were struck by the little girl, who was very blonde. Then yesterday [Monday] we heard on the news that there were various people who said they had seen Madeleine in Morocco. I ran to the computer, downloaded the photos and started to amplify the photo, and when we saw it we realized yes, it could be her. It sent shivers down my spine.
but does bear the striking resemblance to missing Madeleine McCann. Rashid Razaq, the Standard reporter who flew to Morocco from London, said he had seen the youngster in the picture and revealed that the girl is a five-year-old called Bushra from the village of Zinat. Source: New photograph shows child like Madeleine McCann on African woman’s back @ Times Online