Authorities have arrested a 20-year-old woman after a newborn baby was found in an airplane bathroom in Mauritius. The baby boy was discovered in the lavatory bin of a plane traveling from the island of Madagascar to Mauritius, according to FaithWire.
The airplane landed on New Year’s Day. While the woman initially denied the baby was hers, she was made to undergo a medical exam to confirm she had just given birth to a child. Both the newborn and the mother, who is now under police surveillance, were transferred to a nearby hospital.
Both she and the baby are doing well, the outlet reported. Customs offices at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport discovered the baby shortly after the airplane landed. The woman, whose name has not been disclosed, was in Mauritius for a two-year work program.
She will be questioned after her release from the hospital and charged with abandoning a newborn baby. BBC News reported that the woman was placed under police surveillance at the hospital. Both she and the baby are said to be doing well. The Malagasy woman, who arrived in Mauritius on a two-year work permit, will be questioned after her release from the hospital and charged with abandoning a newborn.
