Dutch woman held after remains of three babies found

DUTCH police said they had arrested a 25-year-old woman on suspicion of killing at least three of her babies over an eight-year period, echoing a similar case in France last month.

Police said they searched the woman’s house in a rural village in the north and found four suitcases in the attic, three of which contained the remains of babies. It is not yet known what is in the fourth suitcase.

Police say suspicions were raised when a resident alerted police, saying there was uncertainty about the births. The woman had said she gave the children up for adoption, but later confessed to putting their bodies in suitcases.