Spanish police found a newborn baby who had been kidnapped a few hours earlier in a Bilbao hospital and arrested the woman who had taken him disguised as a nurse.
The child, who was taken from Basurto hospital in the northern port city of Bilbao last night, was found today “in good health,” police said, reported RTE.
The child, whose exact age and sex have not been revealed, was found on the door of an apartment in an apartment building in Bilbao.
“She left the baby there,” a police spokesman said of the suspected kidnapper, saying the 24-year-old had rang the apartment bell before fleeing the scene.
The woman was arrested several hours later in another area of the city.
Dressed in “a white doctor’s coat”, the woman entered the maternity ward of Basurto hospital around 9:00 pm local time, Basque security minister Josu Erkoreka told reporters.
“Everything seems to indicate this woman tried to kidnap several babies that night. She went into several rooms and tried the same thing with other mothers but the first few attempts didn’t work,” he said, reported RTE.
Residents of the Santutxu neighbourhood where the baby was found told Spanish media that the woman, believed to live in the area, told them she was pregnant and even bought baby clothes and a high chair.
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