It was between toilet paper and rubbish. Disposed in the trash can on an Air Mauritius aircraft toilet. A baby just born. The airport staff found the boy during a routine check-up. The plane took off from Madagascar and landed in Mauritius on January 1st.
One picture shows the newborn baby wrapped in a blanket. A stewardess is holding it in her arms. The child was immediately taken to a hospital and examined.
Madagascar woman arrested
Meanwhile the mother could be found. It is a woman (20) from Madagascar, as reported by the BBC. She initially denied being the baby’s mother. But the police ordered an examination at the hospital. With the result: The 20-year-old had a birth just a few hours ago. The woman came to the island to work. She has a two-year work permit for Mauritius.
It is unclear why she disposed of her son in the trash can in the aircraft toilet after he was born. After leaving the hospital, she was arrested. She is charged with abandoning a newborn baby. Your son is fine. According to the doctors, he is doing fine. (jmh)