Mother arrested after remains of nine newborns found

POLICE have discovered the remains of nine newborn babies buried in a garden in eastern Germany and arrested a woman believed to be the children’s mother, prosecutors said yesterday.

The bodies were found yesterday in the garden of a house in Brieskow-Finkenheerd, a village near the Polish border, said Michael Neff, a spokesperson for prosecutors in nearby Frankfurt an der Oder.

Mr Neff said the 39-year-old woman was believed to be the mother of the children and was being held on suspicion of manslaughter.