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Hundreds plan beach balloon tribute to three-year-old Mikaeel Kular | Daily Star TRAGIC: Mikaeel Kular's body was found on Friday night [ENTERPRISE NEWS AND PICTURES]

The Send-off For Mikaeel will honour the three-year-old whose death has shocked the nation.

The poignant ceremony will take place on the banks of the River Forth, which links the communities in Edinburgh, where he lived, and Kirkcaldy, Fife, where his body was found on Friday.

The memorial has been organised by friends Hayley Clements and Cara Cameron as “a send-off for a beautiful boy taken too soon”.

Hayley’s husband Dean said: “My wife is a new mother and her friend also has children.

“They thought it would be nice for people to gather and release balloons as part of a send-off for Mikaeel.”

Dean Clements

Friday’s tribute is the latest organised gathering after mourners packed St Andrew’s Church in Muirhouse, Edinburgh, at the weekend.

More than 2,000 bouquets of flowers, as well as soft toys, candles and cards have been left near the lad’s home, from where he was reported missing last week.

Thousands of locals joined the search for the youngster until the shock news that his body had been found in woodland.

His mother Rosdeep Kular, 33, has been charged with his murder.

Forensics officers continue to scour the woodland, while detectives have written to parents at the nursery Mikaeel attended.

They are asking for any “relevant information” from anyone who might have spoken to the family.