Police find dead baby in compost bin
23 Oct, 2013
Updated Wed 23 Oct 2013 08:53 CEST
Police arrested a woman on Tuesday afternoon after a dead baby was found in a compost bin on land outside Berlin.
The body was discovered in Glindow in the state of Brandenburg, south-west of Berlin, police confirmed.
The Bild newspaper reported the baby was found shortly after midday when the owner of the land called the police.
State prosecutor Christoph Lange said the body would now be investigated. It is not known how the baby died or how long it had been in the compost or what its gender is.
Bild reported that police had arrested the baby’s mother on Tuesday afternoon outside a supermarket.
A baby was also found dead in Brandenburg last February in a plastic bag on a plot of land.
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The body was discovered in Glindow in the state of Brandenburg, south-west of Berlin, police confirmed.
The Bild newspaper reported the baby was found shortly after midday when the owner of the land called the police.
State prosecutor Christoph Lange said the body would now be investigated. It is not known how the baby died or how long it had been in the compost or what its gender is.
Bild reported that police had arrested the baby’s mother on Tuesday afternoon outside a supermarket.
A baby was also found dead in Brandenburg last February in a plastic bag on a plot of land.
READ MORE: Berlin man burns girlfriend to death
DPA/The Local/tsb
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