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The infant son of a Canadian man who has been missing in Panama for weeks was recently found deceased, as the frantic search for the baby’s father and his other child continues.

On May 21, Hamilton, Ont. native Ghussan Iqbal left his home in the central American country’s Bocas del Toro province with his seven-month-old son, Musa, and two-year-old daughter, Nousaybah, who is a Canadian citizen.

He left without his phone, wallet, money, or food, relatives said.

Earlier this week, the Procuraduría General de la Nación, Panama’s Attorney General’s office, announced that the body of a baby boy that had been found in the Changuinola River on May 31 was confirmed through DNA testing to be Musa.

In a statement, authorities said that the search for the other minor who was reported missing alongside the infant continues “without rest,” as does the search for the children’s father.

Burial and janazah (Islamic funeral) prayer for Musa were set for this Thursday in the city of Changuinola.

Salah al-Ghaib, which is an absentee funeral prayer, will be held on Sunday afternoon at the Muslim Association of Hamilton on Stone Church Road for the boy’s family in southern Ontario.

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