18-year-old is said to have kidnapped an infant

2023-11-21 10:02:07

An 18-year-old woman is said to have kidnapped another woman’s baby from a clinic in Hamburg-Heimfeld. Two hours later she returned to the hospital with the unharmed baby and was arrested, the police announced on Tuesday night.

According to the police, at the time of the crime, the 18-year-old woman was in a psychological state of emergency. Previously, the woman is said to have lured the child’s mother away from the baby by presenting false facts.

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It remained unclear whether the alleged perpetrator and the mother knew each other and how the teenager gained access to the hospital. The police started an investigation on suspicion of child abduction.