KUALA TERENGGANU, April 14 -- A three-year-old boy died, believed to have been abused by his foster family, according to police.

Kuala Terengganu police chief Azli Mohd Noor said police received a report at 3.46pm from a medical officer at Bukit Payong Health Clinic, who had informed authorities that a child patient was brought in unconscious with multiple injuries to his limbs.

The victim, who had been living with his foster family in Kampung Banggol Katong, Kuala Terengganu, was confirmed dead after medical checks found no breathing, oxygen reading, pupil response or heartbeat.

A post-mortem examination found the cause of death to be complications from acute limb ischemia, where a fractured thigh bone reportedly pressed against muscl...