Madeleine search officers dig at abandoned building on day one


Authorities say the new search will be across 21 plots and will continue until Friday.
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Madeleine was three when she vanished from an apartment complex in Praia da Luz in the Algarve on 3 May 2007, sparking a Europe-wide police investigation that has become one of the highest-profile missing persons cases.
Portuguese police said on Monday they were carrying out warrants from German prosecutors to search 21 plots of land between where Madeleine went missing and where the German investigators' prime suspect had been staying at the time.
Tuesday's search appears to have focused on an abandoned building, where officers were seen digging and clearing rocks.
The search - which covers the municipality of Lagos, near Praia da Luz - is due to continue until Friday.
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