A nine-year-old boy suffered a horrifying end when he tripped and was pulled into a sawmill by its conveyer belt.

Military Police in Rio do Campo, southern Brazil, reported that victim Hudson Adriano Hellmann had been playing near the machine on 26th November when he slipped.

As he put out his arms, he was pulled into the whirring blade, where he suffered gruesome life-ending injuries, it has emerged.

Hudson had just celebrated his ninth birthday just a week earlier.

It is not currently clear why he was playing so close to the dangerous machine or if he was playing with other children at the time.

He was buried in Serra do Mirador – where the tragedy happened – on 27th November.

Civil Police in nearby Taio will investigate the case.

Deputy Diones de Freitas told local media he would determine whether anyone is liable for negligence, “especially any legal guardian”.

But he added that even if Hudson’s parents are found to have been at fault, “they will certainly be pardoned on account of their suffering due to their son’s death”.

De Freitas added: “In practice, there will be no criminal liability, but the investigation also serves to understand what happened.”