Police say a body, believed to be that of the missing five-year-old, was found by search and rescue teams on Thursday, 5km from where she was last seen alive

Warning: This article contains references to Indigenous Australians who have died

Police have found the body of a child believed to be that of a missing five-year-old girl .

Northern Territory police commissioner Martin Dole told reporters the tragic discovery was made just before midday on Thursday.

“Just before midday today, police members of the search party located the body of a young Aboriginal girl we believe to be five-year-old [Kumanjayi] Granites,” he told reporters at a press conference in Alice Springs.