Baby girl found in bag pronounced dead
25 May 2014, 7:25 PM
Lucy Lovell
An abandoned baby girl who was discovered inside a bag at a residence in Maafanu, Malé, has been pronounced dead today.
The baby was discovered at midnight last night, police told Minivan News, estimating that the she had been left inside the bag since yesterday.
Police then took the baby to Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH), where the child was pronounced dead at 1pm today. Local media have reported the incident to have been infanticide.
The mother of the baby has not yet been taken into custody, added police, who declined to give any other information about the mother and father of the child.
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